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No road tax on foreign cars in the UK

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Living in the West Midlands I am sick to the teeth of the sheer amount of foreign vehicles used on UK roads with no road tax.  In the street where I live there is a foreign vehicle with no road tax.

I contacted the DVLA who advised me that they can drive in the UK for 6 months, after this period they must register the car in the UK, pay for road tax, insurance and get an MOT.  I advised the DVLA that the vehicle in question had been in the UK for 3 year.

Their response was "the law states that they must register the car in the UK", so I asked them what could be done and their reply was, "If they don't register the vehicle then there is nothing the DVLA can do".

WHAT????  I'd advised the owner that it was the law that they should register.  DVLA's response was "well if it's not registered it's nothing to do with us, contact the police".  I even tried to give the DVLA the registration number and address of the owner of the vehicle, but they would not take it from me and basically didn't want to know (you cant escape the computer eh?).

Road tax on foreign cars Police - They said "there's nothing we can do"

I then contacted the police who didn't want to know either.  They said "there's nothing we can do, contact DVLA".  This foreign vehicle had a fixed penalty notice for blocking the street, needless to say that with the vehicle not being registered the fine would not have been paid.  Even after advising the police of this they said "it is nothing to do with us".

My next vehicle purchase is going to be from abroad, that way I do not have to purchase road tax, insurance or get an MOT.  Let's all hope that none of these unregistered vehicles mows anyone down.  The police would have no idea who owns the vehicle or even what kind of vehicle it was.  They would literally, "get away with murder".


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law braker

law braker

for to say it hasn't left the this country for about 5 years
26/01/23 law braker
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law braker

law braker

We have the same situation here, their is a polish family living across the road from us he is a builder he runs a Renault master van Reg LBI62176, white NO TAX,NO INSURANCE, NO MOT, Thay park it anywhere thay also have a bmw, Transit Pickup, jcb mini digger on trailer, so you see no where to part for others, He lives at 21 Limbrick Lane , Goring west Sussex, BN126AA
26/01/23 law braker
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Wilbur

Wilbur

It's called lazy policing and will only get worse. The majority will do things the right way, which has always been relied upon.
27/12/20 Wilbur
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mario

mario

hey my friend, i drive a foreign car but this doesn't mean i don't have insurance or i don't pay taxes, please wake up from this nonsense article. i have insurance that covers damage all over European union, i have MOT and everything that needs to be paid is paid on time for my car
29/04/18 mario
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RED

RED

Totally agree with you the Police are a waste of time (Thames Valley Police).
Foreign car has been parked for 3 years reported to the police many occasions just not interested.
UK residents have to declare cars SORN and cant park on public road otherwise they get clamped from DVLA and fined if you don't pay your gets crushed, while foreign vehicles can park anywhere and nothing is done about it.
02/11/17 RED
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BOZ

BOZ

I think it is stupid that the DVLA issues a law stating foreign vehicles must after 6 months of being in the UK re-register, insure, road tax and MOT their vehicle and then they don't do so. I'm also appalled the Police don't do anything to bring these criminals to justice. They have the power to stop vehicles at random surely, therefore could check foreign plated vehicles at will. I have tried for years reporting these illegal vehicles without success so I'm now hoping there will never be a fatal accident which involves any of them.
Law abiding citizen who reckons crime does pay!
15/06/17 BOZ
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tiger0cub

tiger0cub

https://www.gov.uk/report-abandoned-vehicle
18/05/17 tiger0cub
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Scarlett

Scarlett

Very true regarding tax,insurance and nct in Eire.i am parked in Wales for 1 month..straggling with all the paper work and the procedure to register vehicle in UK.just FYI the annual cost of keeping my car in Eire is double to UK.Also can anyone give me a decent advice how legally complete end of life of the foreign vehicle in UK.
Thanks in advance
19/03/17 Scarlett
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Polish lad

Polish lad

It's piss me of when forgin cars driving around not 6 months but ages ....bo insurance no tax even in then country , just petrol cost... some one shoud do something as I live in Boston Lincolnshire where we got really a lots polish latvian and Romanian cars.
01/12/16 Polish lad
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OP111111

OP111111

You my friend are a snake

RT:
You are just a frustrated man...get a life!!!@Foreign UK car!!
01/10/16 OP111111
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Andy

Andy

Ive been saying this for years! Its a joke, if i had an accident with them id be stuck for costs, if they did a hit and run there is no way of finding them. But if i went and smashed their windows it would be me up in court! All the money this country needs and they are missing such a huge tax loss here
09/06/16 Andy
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turbo 300

turbo 300

I agree with you why enact a law and not enforce it its idiotic in my opinion .This is police matter and should be dealt with by them .I have someone in my street the drive a fiat on an Italian plate and has done for years I have been trying to get something done about it to no avail .The only joy I got was to report the matter to my local MP that ended with a visit to him by the police .That he has just ignored
24/05/16 turbo 300
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jill

jill

The polish cars are all mainly delivery drivers, one polish man has delivered food from Liverpool 8 chip shop for 2 years on polish plated car, prob pays a pittance for insurance.
30/11/15 jill
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John boy

John boy

Why is that the Europeans can get away with things regarding the law the born and bread in the uk have to comply with the law
19/10/15 John boy
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Oi

Oi

He might be, but he's right about getting rid of the Daily Mail and the Sun. Two things the world would be better off without.
07/11/14 Oi
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