No tax

[west ham fan]

There is a driver where I live which is a cul-de-sac that drives at about 35 mph take off speed he has no tax, my friend says no tax means no MOT and no insurence is this so, because children use this road to get to a park, so we fear for their safty, he has recently been done for growing whacky backy. not the first time either.

[redcrx]

you can be insured and MOTd without tax, But you are not allowed on the roads without tax.

Report him! with any luck the authorities will take his car off the road and he wont be at risk to anyone then

[milliezoe]

I had a similar problem some years ago with a hooligan on a motorbike where youg children played out as concerned parents three of us visited him at home and told him in no uncertain terms that if any child is hurt WE would deal with him in other words he would have difficulty riding his bike for some time he stopped his antics almost immediatly

[jackthehat]

It is not possible to buy a tax disc without evidence of insurance or MOT, so perhaps lack of the former brings into question possession of the latter ?

[Pippa68]

As redcrx has said there is no reason why he shoudn't be able to have insurance and MOT on his car without it being taxed..however the authorities say it is more likely he hasn't, as if he is not bothered about tax he may feel the same way about insurance & MOT.

You can report an untaxed vehicle to the police or the DVLA.

[gouldc]

If you have his registration, then go to:
www.vehiclelicence.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/index.jsp

You can then see if the car is simply untaxed, or if it's been declared SORN - using a vehicle whilst declared SORN is a �5000 fine and they can chuck you in prison.

Either way, it gives you the relevant links to grass this moron up.

However, no tax doesn't necessarily indicate no MOT or Insurance, but dealing with fraudulent insurance claims (as I do) I have to say there is generally some sort of correlation.

If you have his registration and don't mind sharing, I can tell you if he's insured or not as well.

I know people think we insurers will try and wiggle out of anything, but we do try and detect the dodgy claims and kick them out to save the genuine people out there from inflated costs - this year I have now repudiated 76 claims (equalling approx �440k). Idiots like this will eventually get caught out, but sadly it isn't until they've involved an innocent party

[west ham fan]

Hi, thanks for all your replies, the reg No is R951 URK it is a FIAT BRAVA SX

[griff488]

The lack of tax invalidates your insurance if you have it. Chances are if he has no tax then he won't be too bothered about insurance or MOT.
Report him and see what happens. At worst they should take the car off him.
According to the DVLA the vehicle ran out of tax on 28-06-2007 and is currently unlicenced.
If you want to report him use the link below or provide location of the vehicle along with dates and times and i'll report him.
http://forms.dvla.gov.uk/public/unlic_veh/repo rt_online_dg.htm

[gouldc]

Lack of tax does not invalidate insurance - I'm often surprised at how many people think it does.

It does, however, give us some leverage in screwing dodgy customers over ; )

If there is no MOT, tax has long expired, a threat of the DVLA finding out normally encourages the policyholder to comply - I have replied re insurance in the new thread that West Ham Fan has posted