driving without road tax

[barryworrall]

hi, can anybody help me please. i was stopped in december for driving without road tax, as it had expired. i was then told to produce my docs to the police station and i backdated tax disk. i did this, so when i have just recieved a court summons saying that i was not insured at the time even though i provided all the documents and i was insured, i also recieved the 80 pound fine, which i paid.

also what are the posible fines that i would face if or when i do go to court?

can anybody give me some advice please.

[wendilla]

I dont think that is very funny as I was only trying to state a point.

[clancyblob]

From what you say, it looks like you had no tax disc on display when you were originally stopped. You can be done for "Failing to Display" a current Tax Disc, so it was a bit cheeky (but worth a try!) to get a back-dated one! On the insurance count, either you had insurance for you and the car on the day, or not. If you were covered, it should be reasonably easy to show/get papers from your insurer to prove you it. The Magistrates have clear guidance about levels of fines/points etc for various motoring and document offences. I think, but could be wrong, that "no insurance" gets 6 points, plus a fine based on your income and any mitigating circumstances (eg good reason why you used the car that day even though there was no tax or whatever). If you've been fined or something your insurers will want to know and could bump up your premium next time, too!

[clairus99]

Not a very useful answer....

I don't know how much you could get fined - it does happen, dumb as it is, it kind of happened to my other half (he had the road tax, but the MOT had run out and so had his insurance!). He's just not used to dealing with all that stuff, thought I'd done it, etc etc....

He was very lucky to get fined, but I think the police believed that he was genuinely shocked by it.

Let it be a lesson to us all!

[bmckeith]

What an extremly immature answer Normanthedog.

Answer any questions that you can and keep your unhelpful comments to yourself.

[mrdogpound]

Apparently, the penalties are covered by Section 31A of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1993 (Amended 2003).

These can be retrieved via a good search engine.

I am standing today for same offence (broken car - taken for fixing - photographed by a snoop - summons issued), and will post the outcome here.

NormantheDog - your very arrogant reply to barryworrall, apparently a member of HM Armed Forces, is noted. You should listen to my advice and that of others who have replied to this gentleman's question - don't ever make any assumptions as to a person's criminality, before that person has been heard and judged. Even then, you should temper your verdict with some humanity, and show a little more politeness and civility than that shown in your biased and vitriolic outpourings - also please learn to take up the space your paragraph requires, and no more.. You are a tw*t, and that's official.