Shopping a tax dodger

[CalNaughtonJnr]

My douchebag next door neighbour has taken to parking his sh###y old van outside my house (I am aware that he has just as much right to do this as me), but last night I noticed that the tax disc in the windscreen said December 2014 on it. Out of curiosity I did a DVLA vehicle check and sure enough it isn't taxed - this morning I reported it via the DVLA website. Does anyone know how long they take to investigate reports of untaxed vehicles?

[CB2152]

I can't answer the question, but fair play for double checking before reporting.

I would also add that you'd probably best not go double checking every car you see with an out of date tax disc, as the DVLA don't issue them any more and lots of people haven't taken the old ones off

[Sir Humphrey]

You're more of a douchebag than him.

[Du1point8]

Sir Humphrey said:

You're more of a douchebag than him.

Neighbour doesn't tax car and is reported and you think the person reporting is the douchebag?

So if it was replaced with uninsured driver and the driver hits your family car and you can't claim repairs, etc as they have no money, you have to stump up the money yourself (as in claiming on your insurance), you still think the OP a douchebag?

[pingu393]

Sir Humphrey said:

You're more of a douchebag than him.

Why?

Theft is theft. Not paying your VED is as much theft as not paying your paper bill or your gas bill. You use the service, so you should pay the fee.

[belleair302]

I believe tax discs stopped being issued on 1st October 2014. The police and DVLA use the cameras on roads and plate recognition software to 'track' those who have not paid.

[anonymous-user]

You should have smeared dogst behind the door grab handles = a personal favourite of mine

[Fastdruid]

I had one down the road from me which was parked entirely blocking the pavement, no tax, no MOT, still in regular use. reported about 2 days into the month (after the tax ran out) and it remained in use untaxed/no-MOT for ~2 months before it finally vanished (I presume sold on).

[RobinBanks]

Seems fair enough to me. The rest of us pay it.

[LoonR1]

I haven't got a tax disc on any of my cars, bikes or van.

Fk the police.

[Terminator X]

CalNaughtonJnr said:

My douchebag next door neighbour has taken to parking his sh###y old van outside my house (I am aware that he has just as much right to do this as me), but last night I noticed that the tax disc in the windscreen said December 2014 on it. Out of curiosity I did a DVLA vehicle check and sure enough it isn't taxed - this morning I reported it via the DVLA website. Does anyone know how long they take to investigate reports of untaxed vehicles?

Carry on checking. My disc is ancient albeit car taxed to the hilt.

TX.

[GC8]

Du1point8 said:

Neighbour doesn't tax car and is reported and you think the person reporting is the douchebag?

So if it was replaced with uninsured driver and the driver hits your family car and you can't claim repairs, etc as they have no money, you have to stump up the money yourself (as in claiming on your insurance), you still think the OP a douchebag?

If you think that this is what happens, then you're a very silly man.

[FeelingLucky]

Sir Humphrey said:

You're more of a douchebag than him.

I think the all contributors to this thread can see who the biggest douche is, and the man with the (untaxed) van is only the second biggest.

[AlmostUseful]

Last year or the year before I reported someone for a lack of tax.
They had taken to parking their Clio directly across the path from my front door, there were more sensible places to park (5 feet along the road for example) but presumably the fatty fat driver didn't want to lose and of the precious lb's thatnthey had been collecting!

Anyway, it meant we couldn't get the pram off the garden without walking over the muddy garden and the neighbour over the road had a struggle getting their car off the drive (new estate, foot way one side of the road and my path leads directly onto road) and as I noticed they weren't taxed I reported them.

An inspector came to see said car about 5 weeks later. Needless to say it only parked there for a few weeks so nothing came of it. But I felt better anyway.

I wouldn't have reported it if they hadn't parked like a dhead, but even though I did I can't imagine anything has changed with the world.

[lesstatt]

I did this a couple of years ago, some guy down the road had his old land rover recovered to his drive, then a mobile mechanic turned up one day and spent a day looking at it. They must have decided it wasn't an easy job so he chose to park it 4 doors down outside my house. No doubt he didn't want it outside his place fking wker. Anyway tax ran out and I reported it. It disappeared one day when I was at work, don't know don't care what happened. I pay tax on my cars and so should he, fk him hope it got crushed

[mannyg]

This reporting of those that have 'wronged' people screams of ' I'm going to tell my dad on you'! What's the problem OP, that he is cheating his tax or that he is parking where you dont approve (albeit by your description in a place he is perfectly allowed to)? If the former, then why the hell do you care?? If the later, then most honest people would simply tell the offender offender. If that's too stressful for you, then perhaps a note on their windshield??

[Leptons]

pingu393 said:

Why?

Theft is theft. Not paying your VED is as much theft as not paying your paper bill or your gas bill. You use the service, so you should pay the fee.

That's a very poor comparison. What service is the guy receiving and not paying for exactly?

[SteveSteveson]

CalNaughtonJnr said:

My douchebag next door neighbour has taken to parking his sh###y old van outside my house (I am aware that he has just as much right to do this as me), but last night I noticed that the tax disc in the windscreen said December 2014 on it. Out of curiosity I did a DVLA vehicle check and sure enough it isn't taxed - this morning I reported it via the DVLA website. Does anyone know how long they take to investigate reports of untaxed vehicles?

Depends on how many people they have avalable in your area and what other work they have to do. The local council will probably be the people doing the investigation and enforcement. Where I used to live they had one person who worked 3 days a week, mostly investigating VED fraud, which is no longer a problem, or going out doing ANPR stops with the police. He had a relitivly small area to cover though.

mannyg said:

If the former, then why the hell do you care?

The rest of us pay it, so why shouldn't he? Part of living in a civil society is we pay our taxes and don't suffer those who brake the law. There are many reasons why sink estates happen, one of those is a "don't grass" attitude and too many people round here have that. The world would be a better place if people stopped that.

Edited by SteveSteveson on Thursday 12th February 07:41

[allergictocheese]

lord trumpton said:

You should have smeared dogst behind the door grab handles = a personal favourite of mine

I'm sure you don't really do this. However, for those who read your post and thought it a good idea, don't. Dog st can contain some significant nasties and handling it can lead to permanent and debilitating side effects, such as blindness. Knowing how kids play, for example my toddler sometimes grabs door handles, it also might mean you harm someone entirely innocent.

[SteveSteveson]

That's the thing about reporting the VED rather than asking him to move as others have said. The VED is clearly wrong, he won't know who did it and won't start any arguments. Asking him to move may well do.