elj221c wrote:atthelimit wrote:The proposed legislation should not be a problem.
If the car is off the road it will be on SORN, if not, then it should be insured. quote]
So, my Elan has been off the road since '89. There is, as far as I know, no requirement for me to SORN it as it hasn't been on the road since then. It seems that the DVLA hasn't looked at all possibilities here. (what a suprise!)
Of course, I agree that no one should drive uninsured but I do consider it to be my risk for my vehicle to be uninsured when off the road. There are plenty of cameras and foot patrols to catch those who transgress. A local road has at least two vehicles clamped awaiting further action on this count.
Roy
'65 S2
This is not quite what was meant. There are lots of cars tucked away in garages that are to be the subject of ?restoration or recommissioning when I can get around to it?
When SORN was introduced and it was not made clear at the time that you should be declaring all those project cars, that does not mean they now have to be insured as it can be proven that they were off the road before SORN was introduced and that no tax disc after sorn came into operation has been issued. So no one is going to come into garages and check the obvious "barn find" etc.
It is for this reason that cars that fall into this group cannot have there number plates transferred to other vehicles, so if your project had the reg number ACE 1 then unfortunately it will have to stay with that car and you could not sell the plate to make a small fortune.
Cars that do come back onto the road that fall into this group must retain that plate and there is a procedure to follow in terms of road tax that you have to go through in order to get the vehicle back on the road and it is not quite as simple as turning up with an old log book, an application form and the fee, there is s bit more work to do.
I am all in favour of getting uninsured untaxed road users prosecuted, what does need tightening up is the way in which the MID information is updated as there are occasions when genuinely innocent motorist get their cars seized even when it does have tax and proper insurance. But that?s another topic??.