Targeting Abandoned Vehicles in Dover District.
- 16 January 2012 08:26147560DDC Info...
OPERATION CUBIT TARGETS ABANDONED VEHICLES IN DOVER DISTRICT
Operation Cubit targeted Dover District from 9-11 January and removed 17 abandoned and untaxed vehicles from the streets of the area.
Operation Cubit is run in partnership across the county by Kent Police, Kent County Council, Kent District Councils (including Dover District Council), Medway Unitary Authority, Kent Fire and Rescue Service, NSL (formerly NCP), and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).
Once removed from the streets, abandoned and untaxed vehicles are taken to a compound. Vehicles not claimed within the prescribed period (usually seven days) are destroyed. Vehicle owners have to pay fees and charges to reclaim their vehicle.
Cllr Nicholas Kenton, Dover District Council Cabinet Member for Environment, Waste and Planning, said: "Untaxed vehicles are often uninsured, have no MOT and are a danger to the public. Operation Cubit continues to be a great success, and we continue to work closely with partner agencies to remove these vehicles from our streets as quickly as possible."
Sgt Ian Swallow from Kent Police said: "This multi agency initiative has been a great success, resulting in a number of untaxed vehicles being taken off the road. This is a clear warning to all motorists who choose not to tax, insure or MOT their vehicles. Kent Police will not hesitate in seizing any illegal vehicles for the safety of other road users."
To report an abandoned vehicle in Dover District please call 01304 872428 or visit www.dover.gov.uk
- ends -email: dover7@msn.com - 16 January 2012 09:06147570And talking about abandoned vehicles, this silver blighter has been here for a whole year or thereabouts. Right in the Premier Inn hotel carpark (rear of)...and nobody does a thing about it. LCP carparks seem to manage the carparking for Premier Inn who of course charge their own customers to park there...but still appear NOT to manage abandoned vehicles.
I will give the number above a call later re this.
email: dover7@msn.com - Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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16 January 2012 09:46147574I would not bother Paul, I am willing to bet they will say it is on private land and it is up to Premier to deal with it complain to Premier instead.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 16 January 2012 10:44147580Alas I fell at the first hurdle on this. I called the number on the press release above and its just DDC. I rather naively thought I would get through directly to a happy burly geezer with a tow truck who would come and do the necessary..but no...I got into a queue listening to music with an occasional interruption saying roughly.."we are having a high volume of calls try the website"
I abandoned it after 6 or 7 minutes as Im afraid I just didnt have the time at that moment to sit here twiddling my thumbs.
When I find time later I will have a go at the website. Jan you are probably right re private property but i wanted to see what 'proper channels' would do first.email: dover7@msn.com - 16 January 2012 11:08147584they did take away a couple of vehicles near to me last week.
- 16 January 2012 12:22147586There are certain instances where private property is legally considered a public place. Pub car parks, unless secure, are such places.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
- 16 January 2012 15:10147613If there is no insurance in place for that vehicle Paul then I am sure it can be taken, I wonder why the Hotel management have not dealt with the matter?Audere est facere.
- Jan Higgins
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16 January 2012 15:31147617Could be because it will cost them money, trying to trace the owner and the actual removal plus I guess they do not need the space.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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16 January 2012 15:48147623the owner can be traced in a matter if secondsALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 16 January 2012 17:06147667Ah now.. bit of an interesting development on this. PC Paul Tutthill saw this thread this morning and has had a look at the car as shown in the picture above, the silver one...and is now making enquiries into the situation. Great stuff indeed!
There we are...the long arm of both the law and Doverforum.
email: dover7@msn.com - 16 January 2012 17:16147669never met paul but he comes across as very active, i think peter g commended his work some time back.
- 16 January 2012 17:23147671Yes he's a good lad.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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16 January 2012 17:31147675Well done to PC Tutthill a very big
This thread just goes to show how important the forum is to Dover.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------------------------------------------------------- - 16 January 2012 21:18147740Well there you Go PaulB spot on service PC Tutthill does a grand job for our local community, actually bumped into his predecessor on saturday so he is still very local too.
And yes Jan the Forum goes far and wide and keeps the local community up to date, so the lads at the coalface do a real good job. - 16 January 2012 22:19147762It is only natural that one should aim ones stone at two birds at a time...so...the homeless teenager problem and the abandoned vehicle problem...the word, 'bijou' springs to mind.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
