help, no tax whats the fine?

[rogers190]

i picked up my new car today and it wasnt taxed but on my way home there was a dvla car looking for untaxed cars with a camera, what sort of fine am i looking at? im going out of my mind with worry anyone knows what is likely to happen???

[Vesuvius 996]

Go and tax it quick, then ring them and tell them.

[7db]

Tax it today.

They are coming tonight in the darkness, in secret, to crush you nice new car in the garage! Trick or Treat!

[mrmr96]

£80 iirc.

[Yung Man]

rogers190 said:

i picked up my new car today and it wasnt taxed but

What is a main dealer doing letting you drive an untaxed brand new car away from a garage on the last day of the month, surely you get 6 or 12 months road tax with a new car or.
Do you mean your new second hand car was untaxed?, if thats the case you took a chance and it didn't work out for you, some you win some you lose.

PS. If you where seen on the one occassion you drove without tax you where very unlucky........

[Dwight VanDriver]

VERA 1994

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1 - no RFL) is liable on summary conviction to an excise penalty of—
(a) level 3 (£1,000) on the standard scale, or
(b) five times the amount of the vehicle excise duty chargeable in respect of the vehicle,
whichever is the greater.

....not forgetting back duty avoided, Prosecutions costs.

dvd