LesterRam Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 It's not just police cars that have ANPR, the DVLA run vans that have two camera's on the back pointing at both sides of the road. They know the areas where avoiding the tax is most common, so they comb the area. They mostly hit residential areas targeting parked cars, clamp them, ticket them and move on to the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesterRam Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 just buy yourself a polish car, no problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivateDerby Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 It's a pain in the arse, hardly any cars have ANPR and the ones that do the officers that are left have bigger fish to fry these. The ones that don't will be looking for more than no tax. People who commit the simplest motoring offences normally don't give a **** so a lot of the time police find summat to stick them on with. More likely to get caught by DVLA for not renewing. No tax disk makes it a lot harder for the police to spot stolen/cloned cars but there you go.Easier to get tax back when you sell, automatic now though, got a nice cheque in the post t'other day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramarena Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I appreciate this , but this would only happen if the plod had reason to check ? yes .Do not think that the number plate readers would say wrong make unless asked .Also I bet all the Gypo's are rubbing their hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramarena Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 I think the speed cameras used on vans are used by the speeding partnership (independent), I will ask my brother but I don't think they are linked to an anpr database, I can't be sure so don't quote me on it, I am not sure of national police forces but by targeting parked cars and clamping them is now a very grey area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesterRam Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Probably right mate, they are moving it away from the police force, they will probably looking to privatise the dvlaYour right, speed camera's are not on the ANPR database. But you misinterpret what I'm saying, I'm talking about vans run by the DVLA using the DVLA database. It's all explained below, with more in the link.How it worksClamping vans patrolling the streets are equipped with automatic number plate reader (ANPR) technology. Roof-mounted cameras read the number plates of vehicles parked at the roadside. The number plates are checked against a list of untaxed vehicles and any identified are confirmed against the DVLA vehicle register. The untaxed vehicle is then clamped,towed away and impounded after 24 hours (or immediately in some cases).http://www.findlaw.co.uk/law/motoring/vehicle_tax/9943.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 http://www.confused.com/car-insurance/articles/are-untaxed-drivers-getting-away-with-it-now-paper-discs-have-gone?MediaCode=806&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NewsletterMR20150330manual&utm_source=Newsletter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovis aries Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 So you could sell a car with 11 months tax on it , and the new owner can get fined for having no tax , fooking fantastic.Another way to rob the motorist . http://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/tax-disc-loophole-leaves-angry-drivers-facing-massive-fines/ar-AAaMvme?ocid=HPCDHP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daaave Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 So you could sell a car with 11 months tax on it , and the new owner can get fined for having no tax , fooking fantastic.Another way to rob the motorist . http://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/tax-disc-loophole-leaves-angry-drivers-facing-massive-fines/ar-AAaMvme?ocid=HPCDHPYes you could do that and get 11 months worth of tax refunded to you. It's a new, more sensible system but unfortunately it was bound to catch a few idiots people out. Ignorance isn't an excuse in my opinion, the changes were well publicised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossieram Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Yes you could do that and get 11 months worth of tax refunded to you. It's a new, more sensible system but unfortunately it was bound to catch a few idiots people out. Ignorance isn't an excuse in my opinion, the changes were well publicised. But if you sell it part way through the month you get 10 months worth of tax back and the new owner has to pay for 11 months worth of tax. The Government make money by short changing the seller and and over charging the buyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 But if you sell it part way through the month you get 10 months worth of tax back and the new owner has to pay for 11 months worth of tax. The Government make money by short changing the seller and and over charging the buyer.that's always been the case. You used to send the tax disc off to get a refund of any complete unused months. the buyer had to then get a new tax disc which would be charged from the beginning of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 So you could sell a car with 11 months tax on it , and the new owner can get fined for having no tax , fooking fantastic.Another way to rob the motorist . http://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/tax-disc-loophole-leaves-angry-drivers-facing-massive-fines/ar-AAaMvme?ocid=HPCDHPthat was the case before - if the seller kept the disc to claim the refund. What I does now is stop the tax left being used as a negotiating tool for private sellers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 But if you sell it part way through the month you get 10 months worth of tax back and the new owner has to pay for 11 months worth of tax. The Government make money by short changing the seller and and over charging the buyer.Get a more economical car. My road tax is £20 a year. Less than £2 a month. I like a good moan, and I've been known to go to war over as little as £2.50, but I've got bigger fish to fry than trying to claim a refund on a couple of weeks worth of road tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossieram Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 that's always been the case. You used to send the tax disc off to get a refund of any complete unused months. the buyer had to then get a new tax disc which would be charged from the beginning of the month.Most people would sell the car with tax rather than get a refund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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