New plates. Car flagged as no insurance towed away

[deeno65]

Daughter bough a a1. Fully insured. Put private plates on then car stopped. By police says it was not insured. Put it in compound. Issued her papers. She is a new driver. We did not tell insurance in time. Have done now. So we can get it out of compound. How does she stand in the laws eyes please. She is a new driver. And very worried.

[BertBert]

I imagine it's all fine. The car was insured at the time, no law broken

[CanAm]

As BertBert says, the Reg No did not show up but the vehicle was Insured. If necessary, her insurers will provide a letter confirming that they would have provided an indemnity had there been a claim.

[deeno65]

Daughter bough a a1. Fully insured. Put private plates on then car stopped. By police says it was not insured. Put it in compound. Issued her papers. She is a new driver. We did not tell insurance in time. Have done now. So we can get it out of compound. How does she stand in the laws eyes please. She is a new driver. And very worried.

[deeno65]

She is so worried. Thanks. Any more comments will be assuring. Thank you

[Dingu]

As above. Worth asking the insurers for a letter confirming they would have covered the vehicle which can then be provided to the police.

[Grumps.]

deeno65 said:

Daughter bough a a1. Fully insured. Put private plates on then car stopped. By police says it was not insured. Put it in compound. Issued her papers. She is a new driver. We did not tell insurance in time. Have done now. So we can get it out of compound. How does she stand in the laws eyes please. She is a new driver. And very worried.

Ok, ill do it.

Why wasn't her insurance company informed of the change in time?

[anonymous-user]

Grumps. said:

deeno65 said:

Daughter bough a a1. Fully insured. Put private plates on then car stopped. By police says it was not insured. Put it in compound. Issued her papers. She is a new driver. We did not tell insurance in time. Have done now. So we can get it out of compound. How does she stand in the laws eyes please. She is a new driver. And very worried.

Ok, ill do it.

Why wasn't her insurance company informed of the change in time?

What does it matter to the OP, that's not what's being asked by him. Could numerous reasons he doesn't have to divulge.

[RSTurboPaul]

deeno65 said:

Daughter bough a a1. Fully insured. Put private plates on then car stopped. By police says it was not insured. Put it in compound. Issued her papers. She is a new driver. We did not tell insurance in time. Have done now. So we can get it out of compound. How does she stand in the laws eyes please. She is a new driver. And very worried.

Do you mean you did not advise the insurance company of the plate change prior to driving it on the road?

This thread has some discussion on being insured but not showing as insured:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

but your situation appears different, as if the insurance marker is against the plate and not the vehicle/chassis number, I can understand the argument that she was not insured.


No insurance is 6 points on the licence, I believe, so she may have her licence revoked due to hitting the New Driver 6-point limit and need to re-test (if I understand it correctly).


EDIT: You may wish to contact AGT Law (agtlaw on here) as he specialises in legal defence of driving matters.

EDIT2: You will have towing / storage fees to pay when you recover the vehicle from the compound.

Edited by RSTurboPaul on Monday 4th September 13:17

[simon_harris]

So. Many. Full. Stops.

It's not a difficult process to follow, you didn't so she will get six points and a fine at least and will also have to re-take her test.

[smokey mow]

Setting aside the insurance issues, is there not still an offence for miss-display of a registration?

[deeno65]

Sh had full cover on the car with the original plate. Just. Changed to private reg. it’s not sounding good with some comments.

[Super Sonic]

Do you know you've posted this thread twice?

[Countdown]

This old thread might be of help

[VSKeith]

As I understand it, the vehicle is covered regardless of registration displayed. A bit of an admin error on your side shouldn't result in points and fine; as posted above, just get a letter from your insurers. Not sure if impound costs will still be due as the error was at your end.

[CloudStuff]

VSKeith said:

As I understand it, the vehicle is covered regardless of registration displayed. A bit of an admin error on your side shouldn't result in points and fine; as posted above, just get a letter from your insurers. Not sure if impound costs will still be due as the error was at your end.

Indeed. A deeply trivial clerical error, which somehow seems to elicit the usual PH pile-on.

[anonymous-user]

RSTurboPaul said:

Do you mean you did not advise the insurance company of the plate change prior to driving it on the road?

This thread has some discussion on being insured but not showing as insured:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

but your situation appears different, as if the insurance marker is against the plate and not the vehicle/chassis number, I can understand the argument that she was not insured.


No insurance is 6 points on the licence, I believe, so she may have her licence revoked due to hitting the New Driver 6-point limit and need to re-test (if I understand it correctly).


EDIT: You may wish to contact AGT Law (agtlaw on here) as he specialises in legal defence of driving matters.

EDIT2: You will have towing / storage fees to pay when you recover the vehicle from the compound.

Edited by RSTurboPaul on Monday 4th September 13:17

I think this post can safely be ignored.

[Sebring440]

deeno65 said:

it’s not sounding good with some comments.

Pay no attention to the usual shower of PH frothers. They only post such nonsense to deliberately scare you. You may wonder why they do that; it's just a lack of confidence and a desire to feel smug.

Completely disregard their "advice" and get accurate advice from your insurance company.

[limpsfield]

CloudStuff said:

VSKeith said:

As I understand it, the vehicle is covered regardless of registration displayed. A bit of an admin error on your side shouldn't result in points and fine; as posted above, just get a letter from your insurers. Not sure if impound costs will still be due as the error was at your end.

Indeed. A deeply trivial clerical error, which somehow seems to elicit the usual PH pile-on.

Absolutely.

[martinbiz]

RSTurboPaul said:

deeno65 said:

Daughter bough a a1. Fully insured. Put private plates on then car stopped. By police says it was not insured. Put it in compound. Issued her papers. She is a new driver. We did not tell insurance in time. Have done now. So we can get it out of compound. How does she stand in the laws eyes please. She is a new driver. And very worried.

Do you mean you did not advise the insurance company of the plate change prior to driving it on the road?

This thread has some discussion on being insured but not showing as insured:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

but your situation appears different, as if the insurance marker is against the plate and not the vehicle/chassis number, I can understand the argument that she was not insured.


No insurance is 6 points on the licence, I believe, so she may have her licence revoked due to hitting the New Driver 6-point limit and need to re-test (if I understand it correctly).


EDIT: You may wish to contact AGT Law (agtlaw on here) as he specialises in legal defence of driving matters.

EDIT2: You will have towing / storage fees to pay when you recover the vehicle from the compound.

Edited by RSTurboPaul on Monday 4th September 13:17

Why post a load of utter bo**ocks ‘advising’ someone on a subject you clearly know very little about