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Old 19 November 2005, 01:22 PM
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Thankyou Les; Im fighting a rearguard against 'what people think they know'... This would also include: 'you cant undertake'; yes you can, and: 'if your car isnt taxed you arent insured' yes it is!


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Old 19 November 2005, 10:02 PM
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Made it back without incident. Loads of feds on the M1 today but luckily the were targetting chavs and hoodies

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Old 20 November 2005, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by GC8
Im not really sure how to reply to that. Youre arguing that youre correct based on what happened, but its apparent that you were prosecuted when you hadnt broken the law.

The lesson to be learnt there; is that under no circumstances do you speak under caution and always elect to go for jury trial.


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I was a mere whippersnapper at the time and still wet behind the ears, I wouldn't open the door to the ******* these days without legal representation
Old 20 November 2005, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by GC8
'if your car isnt taxed you arent insured' yes it is!


Simon
The number of times I've had this argument with MrsD is untrue.

Even with our legal system as corrupted as it is by NL's interference, your insurance company (as yet) cannot judge you on the basis of your being in debt to the Inland Revenue/Customs & Excise.
Old 20 November 2005, 05:13 PM
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This SORN crap is a pain in the **** for us as I have to have a mot on the rally car but it doesn't have to be taxed for single venue rallying so every so every "how ever long it is" we get the sorn paperwork in the post to renew

It's all a load of bollox to screw around with the motorist because we all know it keeps all the illegal cars off the road
Old 20 November 2005, 09:36 PM
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If a car driver has 3rd party insurance only ,which is all that is required by law then the vehicle actually isnt insured when its parked as it is not being driven.
As you or your mate can drive a vehicle under the 3rd party insurance of your own policy how do the police ascertain whether the said vehicle is insured or not?
I just dont see how this is going to work.
Old 20 November 2005, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by CrisPDuk
They informed me that if I moved the car within 24hrs I could go down to the station, receive a police caution and thatr would be the end of it. No problem, moved the car, got the caution, carried on with my life. Four months later I received a registered letter saying that a date for my magistrates court appearance, with respect to driving a car whilst un-inisured, had been set for the following week
Presumably that was because you moved it though? A traffic cop actually told me it was fine to keep my car on the road with no insurance as long as it was taxed.


Originally Posted by Beastie
If a car driver has 3rd party insurance only ,which is all that is required by law then the vehicle actually isnt insured when its parked as it is not being driven.
As you or your mate can drive a vehicle under the 3rd party insurance of your own policy how do the police ascertain whether the said vehicle is insured or not?
I just dont see how this is going to work.
It's a common misconception that your policy covers you to drive another car. It covers you to drive another INSURED car. 3rd party insurance on you own policy covers any damage that the car could cause, be it driven or not, to 3rd parties, so it's inconsequential whether any one is driving it or not at the time.
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