Knackered/Dumped Car Outside - How to Check Insurance etc?
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I live in a street where parking is somewhat at a premium. Its hard to find a decent parking spot once home from work.
A car was recovered to just outside and dumped there where it has sat for around 2 months. Just some crappy Renault Megane that should have left our roads during the scrappage scheme in my opinion.
How can i find out if it is insured? Unfortunately a quick search shows that it has until December for the M.O.T to run out and until June for the tax. I would have thought someone would usually transfer insurance over to drive another car so wondering if it was insured. No attempt has been made to repair the car it has not left this spot for over 2 months and it is parked poorly taking up 1.5 parking spaces and annoys me when I come home from work and have to park up the road. Other neighbours have also commented.
Can I check the insurance somehow without having to pay and are there any rules as to how long a car (if its legally roadworthy) can be sat in a road without turning a wheel.
I know I sound like a curtain twitcher but its just annoying when its sat there and seems nobody is making any attempt to repair and use it.
A car was recovered to just outside and dumped there where it has sat for around 2 months. Just some crappy Renault Megane that should have left our roads during the scrappage scheme in my opinion.
How can i find out if it is insured? Unfortunately a quick search shows that it has until December for the M.O.T to run out and until June for the tax. I would have thought someone would usually transfer insurance over to drive another car so wondering if it was insured. No attempt has been made to repair the car it has not left this spot for over 2 months and it is parked poorly taking up 1.5 parking spaces and annoys me when I come home from work and have to park up the road. Other neighbours have also commented.
Can I check the insurance somehow without having to pay and are there any rules as to how long a car (if its legally roadworthy) can be sat in a road without turning a wheel.
I know I sound like a curtain twitcher but its just annoying when its sat there and seems nobody is making any attempt to repair and use it.
rb5er said:
Can I check the insurance somehow without having to pay
askmid.com - but you have to fib and tick a box to say it's your car.rb5r said:
and are there any rules as to how long a car (if its legally roadworthy) can be sat in a road without turning a wheel.
No. So long as it's MOT'd, taxed and insured, it's legal, and it has exactly the same right to sit in any publicly available and unrestricted parking space as any other car, without having to turn a wheel once. The tax and insurance can be renewed without going near it, but the MOT does generally need it to move for about an hour once a year.Whatever your opinion of the car, if it's taxed, MOTed and insured, it has every right to be there, surely?
You say it's been "recovered" - as in, a breakdown truck brought it there? Surely it belongs to a neighbour, then? Maybe knock on a few doors, see if anyone knows about it, just say you're concerned about it being dumped.
You say it's been "recovered" - as in, a breakdown truck brought it there? Surely it belongs to a neighbour, then? Maybe knock on a few doors, see if anyone knows about it, just say you're concerned about it being dumped.
rb5er said:
Am I being paranoid in not wanting to tick that box in askmid that says I am the registered keeper?
Honestly...?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZluzt3H6tk&t=...
Kim not saying this about the OP, but my old innocenti 120l (think a hatchback mini that looked like a Yugo) was reported by a furious neighbour for bringing down house values. It was taxed, MOT'd and insured, and perfectly entitle to be there. Going back a few decades, in the 50's my dads Austin 7 was torched by a neighbour who thought old cars made the area look bad...
ChevronB19 said:
Kim not saying this about the OP, but my old innocenti 120l (think a hatchback mini that looked like a Yugo) was reported by a furious neighbour for bringing down house values. It was taxed, MOT'd and insured, and perfectly entitle to be there. Going back a few decades, in the 50's my dads Austin 7 was torched by a neighbour who thought old cars made the area look bad...
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