We received this notice at work today....



‘’We had a DVLA ANPR enforcement van visit site today to check all vehicles on site for current road tax. Security spoke to him and I spoke with the Cambs Constabulary to verify and they are apparently allowed access to any private land to review vehicle tax status. The driver provided us with a copy of their statutory notice and the legislation surrounding it. He also stated they are now aiming to visit all sites twice a year.

If they notice an untaxed vehicle they can remove it there and then, or clamp it and remove within a few hours. It may be worth giving Security teams the heads up’’.

 

Frankly the more untaxed and possibly the uninsured vehicles they can get off the road the better

 

Maybe

But entering private land????

 

That's what I'm confused about. Does this mean they could enter a privately owned car park for a block of flats, and any SORN'ed cars could be clamped/towed away?

I'm more than happy for the Police to clamp down of VED, insurance and MOT dodgers on the road, but this seems like they are penalising people for having a SORN'ed car they might drive on the road, and not catching them in the act of driving it on the road and breaking the law

 

Correct!

 

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All they are doing is finding untaxed cars being used, a SORN'ed car is only allowed to be driven to and from an MOT center for a pre arranged test or to and from a repair facility (pre arranged) for work related to an MOT. By looking at a company car park and finding a SORN'ed car they have evidence of an untaxed car being used illegally. An untaxed car in a private car park (block of flats communal parking etc.) MUST be SORN'ed and must be insured, if not it's breaking the law. One reason being if it's in a residential car park and someone torches it, it must be covered for third party damage.

 

If you are driving an untaxed car on public roads your insurance will be void, except in the case of MOT trips as I posted above. And it's ALWAYS a good idea to inform your insurer if you do so.

 

That's dependent on the policy wording, exactly the same as driving without an MOT.

It is not automatically the case that no 'tax = void insurance' any more than 'driving to MOT = covered'.

 

I'm pleased you clarified the "private land" thing - I thought that was the whole point, my car is on a SORN and it's on my drive (private land) so I'd be pretty upset if they used that as evidence for not having tax.

 

That's dependent on the policy wording, exactly the same as driving without an MOT.

It is not automatically the case that no 'tax = void insurance' any more than 'driving to MOT = covered'.
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That's why "it's ALWAYS a good idea to inform your insurer if you do so." as insurance companies are adept at wriggling out of paying up.