howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#1
About time they tackled this problem I know of a few locally that have been here more than 5 years, which means they have saved a small fortune in road tax, insurance, MOT's, parking fines etc.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/518814/Crackdown-illegal-foreign-drivers-dodge-lawGuest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 2,438
#2
Enforcing it will be a nightmare, who exactly will do it?
Audere est facere.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#3
Probably just another PR stunt but why have Revenue and Customs not shared this info with the DVLA before?
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#4
under staffed due to government cuts howard,such are times and its going to get worse if this government gets back in.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#5
I would love to know the true cost to the country of the estimated 350, 000 dodgers who are being subsidised by the honest motorist. I don't think staff cuts are the whole reason Brian, Revenue and Customs only have to alter a programme slightly so that all information is shared with the DVLA.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#6
there is not enough to cover all aspects of the job/s howard.
Andy B
- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,829
#7
With all the various cutbacks,money saving exercise by the DVLA now with no tax discs things are only going to get worse.All very well them on about the police with the ANPR cameras fitted (automatic number plate recognision),but what police.I,m regularly on the roads all day every day and locally just how often do you see a proper motorway style patrol car in the dover area?Its hardly ever.If youre not venturing too far out of town i doubt if you would ever get stopped and checked,there just isnt anyone around to enforce it.If regret to say that if youre running dodgy,theres never been a better time to do it.
Guest 977- Registered: 27 Jun 2013
- Posts: 1,031
#8
Andy, they are not relying on police, most of the ANPR cameras are static. Most won't get stopped by police while driving without tax but will be logged automatically and then DVLA will follow up.
Of course that only works if your car is registered to you.
Andy B- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,829
#9
Exactly!,and many have several owners without being registered.I believe there are already these cameras on motorways but are they likely to be fitted in small towns such as ours?
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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#10
I'm told that there are 2 on Jubilee Way. My informant did not tell me where exactly.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
- Posts: 2,438
#11
Foreign number plate, never been registered here or insured, that will include thousands of bona fide visitors coming off and going back to the ferries daily, the ANPR will be very sophisticated if it can pick out an offender for road tax offence out of those.
Audere est facere.
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,321
#12
There are two cameras (one for each lane) on London Road right outside my house.
Further up the road are a couple of Polish registered cars that have certainly been around for more than 6 months. I have mentioned before an Italian car that parks with impunity (i.e. unbothered by CEO's) just down the road.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Andy B- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,829
#13
So are these cameras on London rd the ANPR,s or just the normal CCTV types?Think i,ve seen the Polish car,is it a white Vauxhall Omega estate that faces the wrong way?
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,321
#14
That one is further up the road Andy. The street light column carries both the towns' CCTV and a pair of ANPR cameras. I'll get a picture when the currant bun returns on the morrow!
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,599
#15
There are 4 cameras in Dover that the public can view, just zoom in on Dover.
http://www.kenttraffic.info/Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,321
#16
Grotty picture but then it's a grotty day! At the top is the town CCTV camera, below that you can see the two ANPR cameras with attached infra red lamps.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,321
#17
This is one of the traffic cameras that Karlos referred to. This is the rotatable version, there are also fixed types that are smaller, about the size of a tennis ball.
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
