Is nothing sacred...???
Posted: 05 Jul 2010
I don't know if any of you other old fuckers like me remember the old Council Estate term "Yellow Road"...
These were the areas around the estates where the road, parking bays & garage areas were Concrete (yellow) and not Tarmac (black). Yellow road was council property and not Public Highway and as such (back in my youth) you could leave your old banger up on axle stands outside your garage for months with no tax on it and no-one gave a toss...
Now, i know that since Mr & Mrs ASBO came along that's all a thing of the past, apparently you have to keep the run-down squalid crap holes tidy and free of old bangers incase 9yr olds want to turn them into BBQ's.
But, thumbing through this months PPC there's a little feature about some poor sod who's had his motor CLAMPED by DVLA whilst parked on the PRIVATE ROAD he owns for having no Tax! According to the DVLA the law was changed on 1st October 2008 giving them the right to Clamp & Tow ANYWHERE including the field you own down the road, the private road that leads to your house (but not your driveway) and outside the industrial unit you rent.
In fact, The only place they can't tow from is "within the curtilage or vicinity of a dwelling or from your garage or driveway".
This will also mean that if you store a motor in any of these places whilst SORNed you'd best have deep pockets if the DVLA drive past (or anyone else they decide to sub out to these days...)
Thoughts????...
These were the areas around the estates where the road, parking bays & garage areas were Concrete (yellow) and not Tarmac (black). Yellow road was council property and not Public Highway and as such (back in my youth) you could leave your old banger up on axle stands outside your garage for months with no tax on it and no-one gave a toss...
Now, i know that since Mr & Mrs ASBO came along that's all a thing of the past, apparently you have to keep the run-down squalid crap holes tidy and free of old bangers incase 9yr olds want to turn them into BBQ's.
But, thumbing through this months PPC there's a little feature about some poor sod who's had his motor CLAMPED by DVLA whilst parked on the PRIVATE ROAD he owns for having no Tax! According to the DVLA the law was changed on 1st October 2008 giving them the right to Clamp & Tow ANYWHERE including the field you own down the road, the private road that leads to your house (but not your driveway) and outside the industrial unit you rent.
In fact, The only place they can't tow from is "within the curtilage or vicinity of a dwelling or from your garage or driveway".
This will also mean that if you store a motor in any of these places whilst SORNed you'd best have deep pockets if the DVLA drive past (or anyone else they decide to sub out to these days...)
Thoughts????...