Warning! This New Continual Insurance Lark...... I Think I got Away With It... Maybe?

[72BLUE]

I remember when this continual insurance thing came out, I read, well scanned, the details and thought yeh - whatever, blah de blah, more ways to make money for the government, I will be fine, I have insurance, what is that about SORN? well I have tax so why would I SORN? etc........basically, i suppose I just ignored it!

Anyway, seeing as how I had not got my Stag ready for its MOT (expired earlier in the month) I did not bother to renew my insurance until I had it ready and booked in for the test. So, it is booked in for tomorrow and I therefore phoned up the insurance company yesterday to get it insured (a different company, to last year).

The guy asked when did my insurance expire, I said the 2nd of July just gone, he said have you put your Stag on SORN? I said no, it is taxed until the end of the year, why would I? He asked if I had received a letter from the DVLA issuing me with a fine, I said WHAT!!!!!!!!!!! He then went on to explain how I was breaking the law............

So, don't be a muppet like me...........if you Stag is NOT insured and IS TAXED (VED) then you are breaking the law, as soon as it is not insured, you have to SORN it. Well, at least I think that's how it works............

Cheers
Keith

[Ian Durrant]

Another government invention that will do sweet fanny adams to solve the issue they are trying to solve and will just cause those of us who are basically honest and law abiding extra aggro and unknowingly fall into the trap of breaking the law. grrrr

[Stagdad]

Yep someone at work has just had a £600 fine for the same thing.£300 for the offence but he moved so didnt know about the first letters now it is up to £600 .
watch out

Cheers Steve

[DJT]

Hi Keith. I don't know how vigilant they are, but I almost fell foul of this too. Whilst my Stag was being refurbished, I bought a cheap Civc as a runaround. I taxed it for 6 months then took out temporary insurance for 4 weeks whilst I was at home. Then left it uninsured whilst I went back to work. This carried on for a few months until some switched on kiddy at the insurance company pointed out that I was actually breaking the law. Quite how my actions could be considered wrong in anyone's eyes but DVLA I'm not sure. At least I was keeping it taxed and it was insured whilst I was actually using it. When I wasn't using it, it was parked on my private drive well away from the highway.

Bloody bureaucrats!