DVLA OCS letter
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Received a letter form the DVLA stating I had been seen driving my truck at 09.48 on 2nd Nov 2023, while sorned, fine of £244, I received the letter on the 9/11/23. The truck was on SORN at that date, however I booked an MOT test for the 2nd November and was on my way to the test at that time, the truck failed on a steering ball joint, it was left for repair and retested on the morning of 7th November, passed and it was taxed straight away.
I believed that it was ok to drive a sorned vehicle to a pre booked mot so completed the reverse of the OCS giving reason for appealing the fine, enclosed a printout of the mot history showing the test dates on the 2nd and 7th Nov and posted it on the 9th November, its now the 24th November and I have heard nothing. Is it normal for dvla to take this amount of time to respond, do they not bother responding in these circumstances, or should I think my returned letter has got lost.
I believed that it was ok to drive a sorned vehicle to a pre booked mot so completed the reverse of the OCS giving reason for appealing the fine, enclosed a printout of the mot history showing the test dates on the 2nd and 7th Nov and posted it on the 9th November, its now the 24th November and I have heard nothing. Is it normal for dvla to take this amount of time to respond, do they not bother responding in these circumstances, or should I think my returned letter has got lost.
Anything by post to DVLA takes ages these days. Several on PH have had V5c issues when doing it by post instead of online. When I send any documentation to them, especially a V5c, I send it recorded delivery. Yes, they have habit of 'losing' stuff.
It took 5 weeks to get a reply by post regarding a VED discount for a relative.
You seem to have been a tad unlucky with DVLA admin here (I agree you are not liable due to to going to a MoT test), some drive around for months with no valid MoT (often by accident) and hear nothing!
It took 5 weeks to get a reply by post regarding a VED discount for a relative.
You seem to have been a tad unlucky with DVLA admin here (I agree you are not liable due to to going to a MoT test), some drive around for months with no valid MoT (often by accident) and hear nothing!
Thanks for the reply, I thought that could be the case, very sharp in terms of issuing the fine though, I did not send the response recorded delivery, so I will send them a letter recored delivery, just to cover myself, I thought they may have got back to me requesting proof that the test was pre booked, although where I live you have no hope of getting and MOT test without booking.
sixor8 said:
You seem to have been a tad unlucky with DVLA admin here (I agree you are not liable due to to going to a MoT test), some drive around for months with no valid MoT (often by accident) and hear nothing!
The issue is lack of road tax, not lack of MoT - not sure the status of that is checked on ANPRchopper602 said:
sixor8 said:
You seem to have been a tad unlucky with DVLA admin here (I agree you are not liable due to to going to a MoT test), some drive around for months with no valid MoT (often by accident) and hear nothing!
The issue is lack of road tax, not lack of MoT - not sure the status of that is checked on ANPR
I always buy 12 months up front, even for a car I only use in the summer because there's a 5% premium for d/d and 10% for buying 6 months. 
brian-y0d52 said:
Wrote a letter to dvla just incase, just posted it,1st class recorded cost £2.75 only to find on my return, a reply from DVLA saying that having considered the information I had sent them they would take no further action.
That's unfortunate, sort of thing that happens to me. Still, fine negated. 
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