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vbfg replied on 22/06/2023 06:28

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Posted on 22/06/2023 06:28

I always sorn my M/H in the winter months and this year, was unable to use the van, for various reasons until June.  I retaxed the van at 9.46 AM via the internet the morning of 5th June and set off around 90 minutes later for Kendal. 

Yesterday I received notification that I was being fined £439 as my van was spotted at 11.54 AM on 5th June and wasn't taxed!  Luckily, I had received an e-mail verifying my transaction and that the payment had been processed and giving me a reference number.  I am very annoyed about this.  As the transaction taxes the vehicle right away, I cannot understand why the DVLA's computer appears not to know that the vehicle was already taxed.  I have filled in the appeal on the back of the notification of the penalty's form and notified them of the reference number of the transaction and sent them a very irate letter.  I was wondereing if anyone else has had this problem?

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SteveL replied on 22/06/2023 09:53

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Posted on 22/06/2023 09:24 by EmilysDad

 .... there are numerous people who don't tax t(or insure or MOT)

in the case of MOT it would seem that you can drive almost all year without MOT & not get caught. A few years back, a car of ours was without MOT for about 10 months purely due to an oversight ..... It was only when the system wouldn't let me tax it that I realised. 😳

Posted on 22/06/2023 09:53

Perhaps a little down to luck (not passing a patrol car with a reader) and type of roads. In the OP’s case I assume they used the M6 to get to Kendal. On those police TV real life progs, they often refer to a car triggering a reader on on a motorway or trunk road.

Bakers2 replied on 22/06/2023 10:36

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Posted on 22/06/2023 09:03 by vbfg

It is not something that had occurred to me before, but of course there would have been people who tried to get round being penalised, by taxing their vehicle after they have been caught, so the date and time would have to have been stamped to stop them doing so.  I did keep the e-mail - I am a bit paranoid about keeping things like that, but I object to the DVLA inferring that  I had committed an offence.  I didn't agree with doing away with tax discs and from listening to the news and reading the papers there are numerous people who don't tax t(or insure or MOT) their vehicles but drive around anyway and one wonders how they get away with it!

Posted on 22/06/2023 10:36

Many many years ago you got, by post, a mitigated penalty when facts were checked. This would be unpaid tax plus a failure to display penalty.

In your case it wouldn't have come to that's you'd be displaying a disc.

That sum seems unreasonable for the equivalent of failure to display and would include all the months of unpaid tax - covered by the SORN. If they come back with similar and you previously regularly SORN'd point that out too. The documents all used to be there in the paper folders 📂 🤣 

vbfg replied on 22/06/2023 11:20

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Posted on 22/06/2023 10:36 by Bakers2

Many many years ago you got, by post, a mitigated penalty when facts were checked. This would be unpaid tax plus a failure to display penalty.

In your case it wouldn't have come to that's you'd be displaying a disc.

That sum seems unreasonable for the equivalent of failure to display and would include all the months of unpaid tax - covered by the SORN. If they come back with similar and you previously regularly SORN'd point that out too. The documents all used to be there in the paper folders 📂 🤣 

Posted on 22/06/2023 11:20

Off on holiday on my shared narrowboat for 2 weeks now, so I will have to wait until I come back to see what they say. As I have proof of when I paid, I fail to see how they can penalise me, BUT one never knows.  I doubt if they will be too pleased by my irate letter though!

 

Bakers2 replied on 22/06/2023 11:43

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Posted on 22/06/2023 11:43

Enjoy! Forget about it. It should be straightforward 🤐

You shouldn't need to do days before. You certainly wouldn't it if was 1st of the month...... 

vbfg replied on 23/06/2023 05:37

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Posted on 22/06/2023 11:43 by Bakers2

Enjoy! Forget about it. It should be straightforward 🤐

You shouldn't need to do days before. You certainly wouldn't it if was 1st of the month...... 

Posted on 23/06/2023 05:37

Cheers Bakers. I am using Overwater Marina wifi to reply, before setting off on my cruise. (The CL here is very good for anyone who is looking for a good CL in the area). I really only posted as I wondered if anyone else had had a similar penalty notice.  Ironically, I have been sent a "what do you think of our service", questionaire from the DVLA, but I couldn't vent my spleen as it was a 1-10, type of questionaire and as their service was initially very good, I had to give them an excellent review as there was nowhere to mention the aftermath!  

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