The Weekly Gripe

Foreign registered road tax dodgers

Foreign cars dodging road tax

Vehicles with foreign number plates

I teach English as a Foreign Language and many of my students have told me that they have Polish, German, Latvian registered registrations because it is cheaper to pay road tax there.



I don't know about you but I am growing sick of the number of foreign registered vehicles on UK roads. We should adopt the same system as Austria, one that makes it impossible to dodge road tax.

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31-1-2010 is there any sort ov camera on the road which picks up if your car has tax or notkarl
20-1-2010 Iñaki, you may not be aware that the police in some areas of Spain where there is a large ex-pat population are now running checks and taking action against illegal vehicles. They have been doing this in Barcelona (provincia) for many years and you will see very few illegal vehicles there, a...moreMikeP
20-1-2010 Iñaki Norimaki your one of them dogers!!! Pay up like the rest of us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HAS TO BE...
17-1-2010 Jimmy Beaver, I understand your complaint even I think it's quite selfish because as you well know or at least you should to be aware in Spain we've got many Brits whom own British cars and they don't pay road takes and they don't ITV that means MOT in the UK. Do you think that ...moreIñaki Norimaki
04-11-2009 Anyone know if you can nail the bar stewards under the Human Rights Act or the Race Relations Act? Equal application of the law means that they cannot enforce the law against you if you can demonstrate that the law has not been enforced against another. Next time you're tagged for speeding, p...morex
03-11-2009 Before Gordon came to full power he announced a two year MOT, to cut red tape, and to bring us in line with the rest of europe (Google 2 year MOT) and it was discussed for a few years and then dropped on health and safety grounds, they calculated a hundred more road deaths a year, However, all ...moreGainsborough lad.
14-8-2009 more like you wally.. and unregister your car and f**k the dvla..i am me and i am free
22-1-2009Well I think it's a blummin' outrage!!! As an uncle I feel it's totally acceptaable for me to touch my nephew's genitalia. I also like the crisp sound that is made from the brick bouncing off their small delicate heads as they just lie there unconscious and completely unaware of what...moreStuart MacDonald
10-11-2008Once again we see the British government happy to help all those immigrants that come in to our country and allow them to fleece it any way they can. On the other hand, the Brit who was born and bred here and has been here 30, 40, 50 years or more are the real victims in this country. They are the o...moreMERCENARY
19-10-2008I agree about the Polish, they are hard working and decent people, and I will be sorry to see them go. I cannot say the same for many African migrants and asylum seekers, especially the Somali's, they really are the pits.Twattymulldoonican
26-9-2008Don't think the DVLA will help out. They are another bunch of clowns that don't have a clue. I applied for my SORN on line, was informed that it will take 6-8 weeks to arrive. That was 9 months ago. I managed to get in touch with them and you'll never guess what, no record of it. ...moreRobbie Box
26-9-2008Bonjour Asterix, Unfortunately your analysis of the UK is spot on. We have inept politicians because we vote them in and then do nothing about their woeful performance once in power - apathy rules. Dross Labour is a bad joke. Many Britsh people, including myself, admire the French - while I do al...moreDeliverance



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