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Confiscating cars

  • 11-08-2009 4:22pm
    #1
    j_c
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭


    I was watching an episode of the UK's Traffic Cops the other night and they were talking about how if they come across a car with an unaccompanied learner driver or a driver with no insurance the traffic unit now have the power to scrap the car.
    I think for the unaccompanied learner driver its a little bit severe...although it would certainly put them off...but I think they should bring it in for the uninsured drivers. By not having insurance they're just pushing the price of my insurance up. The uninsured drivers on RTEs Traffic Blues seem to get off too easily.


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  • #2
    timmywex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,626 ✭✭✭timmywex


    Different laws in different countries for the seizure of vehicles, uninsured vehicles can be seized over here, as can untaxed ones if the tax is out by at least 2 months, unroadworthy vehicles etc.


    People driving without a fully qualified driver are however safe from their vehicle being seized


  • #3
    Sunjammer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 137 ✭✭Sunjammer


    In Cork City the guards confiscate a couple of cars a day for no insurance or no tax or no NCT or all 3 combined ;)


  • #4
    autograph
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭autograph


    Proper order.


  • #5
    autograph
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭autograph


    Why should the rest of us be paying tax, insurance etc. while others don't bother?


  • #6
    Permabear
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  • #7
    kilasser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 307 ✭✭kilasser


    In the Uk if you are a holder of a provisional licence and are driving un accompanied you are breaking the the conditions of your provisional licence and the requirements of your insurance.
    So your insurance is invalid if you are un accompanied this how the police and the courts look at it. Driving unaccompanied = driving without insurance = crushed car simple as that, no exceptions.

    Ive been living and working in England for the past ten years and here nobody drives on there own before passing there test its simply not done. Huge penalties if caught. I have told people here about the system in Ireland and they can’t believe that it’s possible to drive on your own before you pass your test.


  • #8
    Dankoozy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭Dankoozy


    autograph wrote: »
    Why should the rest of us be paying tax, insurance etc. while others don't bother?

    why should others pay tax when everyone else is paying it for them?


  • #9
    timmywex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,626 ✭✭✭timmywex


    kilasser wrote: »
    In the Uk if you are a holder of a provisional licence and are driving un accompanied you are breaking the the conditions of your provisional licence and the requirements of your insurance.
    So your insurance is invalid if you are un accompanied this how the police and the courts look at it. Driving unaccompanied = driving without insurance = crushed car simple as that, no exceptions.

    Ive been living and working in England for the past ten years and here nobody drives on there own before passing there test its simply not done. Huge penalties if caught. I have told people here about the system in Ireland and they can’t believe that it’s possible to drive on your own before you pass your test.

    Whats even more of a jokoe is that if the driver is 17 they will only get a warning more than likely, why shouldnt every driver suffer the same penalties?! A 17 year old could only get a warning for an offence such as drink driving aswell, potentially, depending on criminal record/amount over limit etc. Its a joke tbh
    donegalfella wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    Gardai dont have the power to seize the vehicles assuming they are taxed/insured etc


  • #10
    NukaCola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,983 ✭✭✭✭NukaCola


    kilasser wrote: »
    In the Uk if you are a holder of a provisional licence and are driving un accompanied you are breaking the the conditions of your provisional licence and the requirements of your insurance.
    So your insurance is invalid if you are un accompanied this how the police and the courts look at it. Driving unaccompanied = driving without insurance = crushed car simple as that, no exceptions.

    Ive been living and working in England for the past ten years and here nobody drives on there own before passing there test its simply not done. Huge penalties if caught. I have told people here about the system in Ireland and they can’t believe that it’s possible to drive on your own before you pass your test.

    Which should be the same over here, it really is a crazy system. On a Learners permit if your caught driving on your own by the guards you can still drive away unaccompanied, even though you are still breaking the Law. Doesn't make any sense. It really is a joke...


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