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[verytalldave]

Is it not illegal to have a car on a public road without displaying reg plates?

Yes. A vehicle parked on a public road has to have a full set of legal number plates. Display a valid tax disc as advised. Hold a current MOT if applicable. And be road legal in all other senses and requirements.
If it is off-road or being trailered then all these requirements are not applicable.

 

[Sp!ke]

So you can park it on the pavement with no number plate and no tax disks displayed then? (just like the motorcycles do in London so as not to get parking tickets)

Parking wardens have no number plate to read in order to issue ticket. Cant tow them away as they are locked to an immovable object.

 

[Alfie]

So you can park it on the pavement with no plates then

You'll get a parking ticket if you do!

Plus you will get in the way of the pedestrians that Ken will no doubt be taxing per stride they take

 

[jeremytaylor]

Yes. A vehicle parked on a public road has to have a full set of legal number plates. Display a valid tax disc as advised. Hold a current MOT if applicable. And be road legal in all other senses and requirements.
If it is off-road or being trailered then all these requirements are not applicable.

But when cars are parked with covers, which you sometimes see, their number plates are covered. I thought the only requirement was to display RFL, for which car covers have a small plastic window.

 

[Alfie]

But when cars are parked with covers, which you sometimes see, their number plates are covered. I thought the only requirement was to display RFL, for which car covers have a small plastic window.

Park the car on a trailer in the road!

 

[verytalldave]

If the car is under a cover - on the road - the number plates must be visible.
And the "road" includes the pavement. Its all part of the publically accessable area.
If the car is on a trailer that is parked on the road, then the vehicle associated with the trailer has to have paid the appropriate zone charge.
There is almost no way around paying the charge I am afraid.
The only legal way open to you is to be granted diplomatic immunity by the American Embassy and be given use of one of their staff cars.

 

[Alfie]

If the car is under a cover - on the road - the number plates must be visible.
And the "road" includes the pavement. Its all part of the publically accessable area.
If the car is on a trailer that is parked on the road, then the vehicle associated with the trailer has to have paid the appropriate zone charge.
There is almost no way around paying the charge I am afraid.
The only legal way open to you is to be granted diplomatic immunity by the American Embassy and be given use of one of their staff cars.

Okay, so if the car associated with that trailer is a bluemotion then there is nothing to pay!

I can spot a market here for allowing people to use a registraion plate on a fully legal bluemotion for their trailer! Or better still registered to a trike!

 

[verytalldave]

Okay, so if the car associated with that trailer is a bluemotion then there is nothing to pay!..............

Not QUITE true.

Even band A cars have to pay an annual registration fee of £10 to gain exemption from paying the daily £8 charge.

I think if the trailer is to remain on a public road, it needs to be hitched and connected to its associated vehicle to remain legal. Not sure on that point. I know caravans cant be left on a public road unhitched from its towing vehicle.

 

[Alfie]

Not QUITE true.

Even band A cars have to pay an annual registration fee of £10 to gain exemption from paying the daily £8 charge.

Seems worth it to me to avoid the daily kengestion tax. Plus that one £10 could cover hundreds of trailers

 

[verytalldave]

No doubt someone might try it.

 

[RoseTattoo]

From today's Financial Times - Health Benefits of the Congestion Charge.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/30951d86-e668-11dc-8398-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1

 

[verytalldave]

Works out at just over 2 hours each. Big deal.