Cars with foreign number plates get away with fines
In north London cars that sport foreign number plates are getting away with parking anywhere as the councils are unable to chase down the details through the number plates. A foreign registered car does not need to register with the DVLA for a year of being in the country.
This loophole has meant that nearly two thousand vehicles with foreign number plates have got away with parking fines from Barnet Council; this is merely the tip of the iceberg but highlights how large this problem is on a national scale.
A member of the West Hendon Community Forum said that she was: "infuriated that cars with Polish and Slovakian number plates repeatedly park illegally in the road.
"We've always had problems with parking here, but there are a lot of foreign cars now, and it's got worse," she said.
"When they get tickets they just laugh and tear them up. I've told the traffic wardens and the police and they don't do anything. I'm so infuriated."
Despite being given parking tickets these cars just simply cannot be traced through the number plate, it just would not be cost effective and would also take a lot of time and effort.
Councillor Andrew Harper, cabinet member for environment and transport, said: "to trace offending drivers, the council relied on the car database of the DVLA, the Government agency responsible for licensing cars and drivers.
"Unfortunately, the majority of foreign vehicles within the borough are not registered with the DVLA, making the task of enforcing unpaid tickets challenging.
"Unpaid penalty charge notices issued to foreign vehicles are not written off by the council. The charge remains open and is actively pursued as and when the keeper details become known to either the council, the DVLA or partner agencies."
It has to be wondered how many of these cars are being driven by British people who know that no matter what they do on the road, their number plate is not going to give them away.
Source [Hendon Times]
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