In article ,
Tim+ writes:
Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
"James Wilkinson" writes:
If someone parks in front of your house, simply use a large power tool
such as a brush cutter, and start sending bits of twig flying
everywhere. The car will get moved very quickly :-)

Would love to know how to get rid of an abandoned car in the road,
where we are short of parking places. Not MoT'ed and SORN'ed.
Been there for 18 months. Interior now all gone moldy.

Council slapped a removal notice on it, but owners contacted them
and said they hoped to get it working again, which technically
means it's not abandoned, so council can't remove it.

Council however reported it to DVLA because it's SORNed and on the
public road, but DLVA did nothing.

I thought it was an offence to have a car on a public road without an MOT?

I'm not sure it is. It is an offence to drive it without an MoT,
except to drive it to/from a pre-booked MoT appointment.

It is an offence to have it SORNed on the public highway, but
DVLA doesn't seem to care anymore, unless perhaps it's being driven,
as the council told the DVLA who did nothing.

Not sure about insurance if it's not being driven, but it doesn't
have that either. Given the police couldn't remove it, I presume
their provision for confiscating ans crushing cars without insurance
must only apply if they're being driven.

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