Keeping a vehicle in the UK - INSURANCE

hodgeliz


Joined: 16/10/2010
Posts: 278

Message Posted:
20/06/2011 16:57

I was absolutely astounded to read online this lunchtime that in the UK as from today you cant keep a vehicle uninsured in a private driveway ect, you must declare SORN, if you dont you will be prosecuted.

I have to laugh at this bit of legislation because if you drive round many of the council estates in England you will see many old bangers ect sitting in driveways and I bet NONE of them are insured.

Quarmby


Joined: 15/09/2008
Posts: 975

Message Posted:
20/06/2011 17:02

Well as from today these vehicles can be seized and crushed!

hodgeliz


Joined: 16/10/2010
Posts: 278

Message Posted:
20/06/2011 17:14

Many of them will be highly delighted to get the scrappers removed for free I bet

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
20/06/2011 18:28

and they laughed when i covered myself in honey and fed myself to the lesbians..............

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
20/06/2011 18:30

Welcome to GREAT britain.Glad I'm out of it.

dalartokat


Joined: 14/04/2008
Posts: 734

Message Posted:
20/06/2011 19:15

Message 1, what makes you think its only council estates, its private homes as well that have dumped cars on them. If they have not had the cars SORN that gives the person the opportunity to still ride around in these cars uninsured and that is the reason its been done. Car insurance is high enough and people like this are pushing it higher. Would you like to have an accident with someone who has no car insurance?



Tell me where a scrap yard takes a vehicle for free these days, because they don't where I live, thats why there are cars left on driveways because it costs money now to take away your old car. Only if the car is dumped beside the road will the council take it for free.

kavenkoy


Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 1787

Message Posted:
20/06/2011 19:57

Its no difference to sorn a car for road tax or insurance ....unless you want to cheat the system .

kav

Quarmby


Joined: 15/09/2008
Posts: 975

Message Posted:
20/06/2011 20:20

Msg 5



well what's wrong ? do you advocate having uninsured cars being driven around ?

offtheradar


Joined: 08/07/2010
Posts: 20

Message Posted:
20/06/2011 20:50

I certainly get the feeling that with the economic climate as it is the powers that be are targeting the two plus car families that can't afford to keep all of them on the road anymore.Scrap 'em or face the cosequences

offtheradar


Joined: 08/07/2010
Posts: 20

Message Posted:
20/06/2011 20:52

Sorry, should have been an 'n' in that last word

fosterscan


Joined: 27/02/2010
Posts: 541

Message Posted:
20/06/2011 22:39

'Many of them will be highly delighted to get the scrappers removed for free I bet'



Thats a thing of the past £150 for a scrap car you will get them removed off your drive for £50 any day of the week.Scap people drivein around for any metal.

As usual our government comes up with these 'great ' ideas as said declare SORN and you dont need insurence or tax and you can still take a drive any time you want as long as you dont get caught so no change there.

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
20/06/2011 23:13

msg 8;

Not at all,in fact far from it.

You guys just prove my point of being 'whingers'......thats all.

kittyfun


Joined: 11/04/2011
Posts: 181

Message Posted:
21/06/2011 09:50

Yorg

In a lot of cases you are really right but we are not all whingers lol



Dolarkat,

mesage 6 I think you misread or chose to misread message 1 it does not say it was ONLY council estates it just said many of the council estates - which is quite true - and also your last bit is completely wrong as well cos most scrap dealers will take your old car away no problem and most will pay you money as well.

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
21/06/2011 13:55

msg 13.

I may not always be rıght but I am never wrong

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
21/06/2011 14:39

Crikey what a condescending post message 1 !!





And what a way to try and cover up by excusing message 1



Just for the record both post 1 and 13 are the same person along with others.!! Sad sooooo sad

kaiserphil


Joined: 14/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
21/06/2011 15:27

Stand by for the Pipie-bashing mob!

oliveoil


Joined: 16/03/2008
Posts: 58

Message Posted:
21/06/2011 15:28

Crikey Pipie I read this a lot and have been a member for some time but you are one of thev most obnoxious folk I have ever come across now I know why I no longer bother to post

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
21/06/2011 17:45

Here they come !!

dalartokat


Joined: 14/04/2008
Posts: 734

Message Posted:
21/06/2011 18:06

Kittyfun, Scrapdealers where I live do not take your car for free ,they charge. Reason being they have to pay to get rid of the tyres, unless you are going to dismantle the car yourself and sell on bits like headlights etc and just keep the scrap. Most people do not want the bother, hence they pay to have it removed.



Whether its true or not about council estates an even balance should be that its not just council estates where you will see old bangers you also see them on private drives and car parks as well.

Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
21/06/2011 18:07

They should introduce similar laws here in the TRNC.

Geoff

Famagusta City

hodgeliz


Joined: 16/10/2010
Posts: 278

Message Posted:
21/06/2011 18:43

pipie theres nobody more condescending than you 'yuk' with your platitudes about all the nice places you visit and the more upmarket places you like to visit and all the places you own and like to visit in the mountains, dont you ever wonder how most on here ignore 99% of the topics you post, well can i guess, hmmmmmm !!!!

And I am nothing to do with message 13, or scoty or billybob or chegwin or billyboy or newscoop or even 'ARTHUR' Get a grip on reality and lay off the communion wine

fosterscan


Joined: 27/02/2010
Posts: 541

Message Posted:
21/06/2011 18:52

msg 19 £1.50 a tyre to dispose £150 a car only a mug would pay to have one taken away nowadays .Yes i had a scrapman knock on my door2 weeks ago he offered me £50 to takeaway there and then (no engine or gearbox in it) current price £180 a ton.

kittyfun


Joined: 11/04/2011
Posts: 181

Message Posted:
21/06/2011 19:09

Fosterscan please be carefull you might be branded a Mi by pipie and dolarkat maybe you need to shop around the scrapyards more lol

Coachie



Joined: 29/07/2008
Posts: 2135

Message Posted:
21/06/2011 19:10

there are adverts in our local paper every night by dealers in second hand parts offering up to £300 for your old car and they will come and collect it free of charge. The SORN law has been in operation for some while...

john-f


Joined: 31/03/2011
Posts: 29

Message Posted:
21/06/2011 19:15

You do not need to scrap your car! All you need to do is a "Statutary off Road Notice" I see nothing wrong with this as it is free and just removes excuses for people not insuring thier cars. I have had a car hit by an uninsured driver it aint funny!!

john-f


Joined: 31/03/2011
Posts: 29

Message Posted:
21/06/2011 19:20

On another note, the Police in major cities have numberplate recognition... Now that MOT's are electronic the insurance was the last item brought inline. Now the Police can see if a car is Taxed, MOT'd and insured. I drive a company car and the registration must now be logged as a blanket policy is no longer possible. Its about time the uninsured drivers were targeted.......