sonic
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| posted on 23/1/11 at 08:17 PM |
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New insurance law
Hello all
My dad pulled a artical out of a weekly paper re the new insurance law which is being brought in,it basically said that every car you own has to have
insurance even if it is in your garage,in bits etc anything that has been registered at the DVLA and hasnt been recorded scrapped has to have
insurance otherwise you will get a letter warning you,then a £100 fine and then the car will be repoed and scrapped.
Doesnt sound right to me,any info anybody?
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ReMan
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| posted on 23/1/11 at 08:21 PM |
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AFAIK this threat has been around for years but not yet fulfilled
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speed8
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| posted on 23/1/11 at 08:30 PM |
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This is what you are on about I think.. Basically you must be insured, unless you are SORN.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/Motorinsurance/DG_186696
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prawnabie
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| posted on 23/1/11 at 08:33 PM |
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Thats a bit of a mismash of rumours, heresay and fact by the sound of it!
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v8kid
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| posted on 23/1/11 at 08:52 PM |
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direct.gov don't muck about - don't think thats a rumour
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coozer
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| posted on 23/1/11 at 08:54 PM |
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I posted this a while ago. What I'm worried about is I have 2 vehicles, one bike one car, both in bits all over the house, garage and garden
that haven't had tax for so long they don't need sorn... what will happen to these? and me?
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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jacko
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| posted on 23/1/11 at 08:56 PM |
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Come on Mick keep up 
Hope you are keeping ok
Graham
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sonic
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| posted on 23/1/11 at 09:01 PM |
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Hi Graham hows it going?
Well according to this newspaper artical it will be coming into force in the summer of this year.
Surely a newspaper wouldnt print something that isnt true 
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jacko
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| posted on 23/1/11 at 09:07 PM |
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Was it the BUN
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prawnabie
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| posted on 23/1/11 at 09:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by v8kid
direct.gov don't muck about - don't think thats a rumour
lol was referring to the OP
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sonic
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| posted on 23/1/11 at 09:13 PM |
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No it was a serious paper! the Mirror i think
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 23/1/11 at 09:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by v8kid
direct.gov don't muck about -
Try finding real information on there
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Andi
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| posted on 23/1/11 at 09:49 PM |
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Thing is, if it was true what would we do?
Probably exactly as we are told to... As usual.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 23/1/11 at 10:17 PM |
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Balls, the insurance is for them being on the road, they can force cyclists to have insurance instead. The "government" steal enough off
me as it is there's no way I'm paying £800 a year to have a car on MY driveway while it's being fixed by me.
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prawnabie
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| posted on 23/1/11 at 10:32 PM |
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All they are doing is cross referencing the untaxed/unsorned cars with the insurance database and giving out harsher penalties to any matched found.
If you have a pile of donor bits registered to you, and you sorned the donor then you have nothing to worry about?
If you have a pile of bits/car/v5 that you havent sorned then really there is only one person to blame - and its not the government!
[Edited on 23/1/11 by prawnabie]
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speed8
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| posted on 24/1/11 at 06:26 AM |
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It's not difficult really, is it? If you want to drive it or store it on the road then insure it. If you want to store it off the road and not
use it then SORN it.
Don't see what the fuss is about. I dread getting hit by an uninsured driver.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 24/1/11 at 06:46 AM |
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Thing is, where's this SORN thing coming from? From what I understand of the OP, if a car exists it will need insurance.
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mad4x4
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| posted on 24/1/11 at 08:30 AM |
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Yeah but prove the Car exists ....
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
MK INDY's Don't Self Centre Regardless of MK Setting !
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speed8
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| posted on 24/1/11 at 09:42 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
Thing is, where's this SORN thing coming from? From what I understand of the OP, if a car exists it will need insurance.
The OP probably got the media spin on whats being done which is why he asked about it. The media probably inflated it to make a story out of it. Read
the link I posted...
direct.gov says
"when the new law is introduced it will result in:
fines
prosecutions
clamping of uninsured vehicles that have not declared Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN)"
I think thats pretty clear cut. If it's not been scrapped then you need one or the other.
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prawnabie
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| posted on 25/1/11 at 09:32 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mad4x4
Yeah but prove the Car exists ....
Come on you know what they will say to that!!!! If you havent declared it as scrap/sorned etc they will automatically assume it is on the road and
unisured!
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pewe
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| posted on 25/1/11 at 09:50 AM |
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As I understand it it's either tax it or SORN it (which means not required to be insured if kept on private land/roads) - unless the vehicle was
un-taxed when SORN was introduced some years ago.
In Coozers ^^ case (older car not taxed when SORN came in) if it was registered at that time it's probably on their database (as is my old GT6)
but they don't apply the current rules to those vehicles - at least that was the word the last time I asked them!
Cheers, Pewe 
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