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Midlife martyr
 Post subject: Re: no insurance
PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 3:53 pm 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
Whereas I/me/you might know how to check insurance cover a car at ASKMID i doubt our licensing would have a clue

Askmid will tell you if a vechicle is insured or not but will it tell you what type of insurance.
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grandad
 Post subject: Re: no insurance
PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 4:34 pm 
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Midlife martyr wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
Whereas I/me/you might know how to check insurance cover a car at ASKMID i doubt our licensing would have a clue

Askmid will tell you if a vechicle is insured or not but will it tell you what type of insurance.

No.

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MR T
 Post subject: Re: no insurance
PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 6:31 pm 
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grandad wrote:
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As long as it is not working the road......do you think he should lose his plate...or just pay money out for nothing..

Personally, I think that if the car is not correctly taxed or insured then the plate should be returned to the council

Why..if it is on the road working it will be...correctly taxed and insured...

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wannabeeahack
 Post subject: Re: no insurance
PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 7:19 pm 
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Theres a taxi parked in town on a road with no MOT or Insurance...been there 3 weeks, i think its taxed

Id have got a ticket and towed away

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grandad
 Post subject: Re: no insurance
PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 8:50 pm 
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MR T wrote:
grandad wrote:
MR T wrote:
As long as it is not working the road......do you think he should lose his plate...or just pay money out for nothing..

Personally, I think that if the car is not correctly taxed or insured then the plate should be returned to the council

Why..if it is on the road working it will be...correctly taxed and insured...

What do you mean, why? I just said why.

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MR T
 Post subject: Re: no insurance
PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:12 pm 
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What do you mean, why? I just said why


No I said Why :D

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roythebus
 Post subject: Re: no insurance
PostPosted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:58 pm 
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Odd as I currently have 2 buses licenced as public service vehicles, but SORN and not insured for road use. I don't have to return the PSV discs or tell the DVSA that they are off the road. But I do have to keep a record of them being SORN.

I don't see why someone can't keep an uninsured SORN licenced taxi off the highway for a period. It maybe someone whose business is seasonal and doesn't use it for part of the year. Surely it would cost the LA more in admin to keep taking licences back and re-issuing them? The vehicle is still a taxi until it is withdrawn from service as a taxi, i.e the licence is returned to the LA.
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grandad
 Post subject: Re: no insurance
PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 12:06 am 
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roythebus wrote:
Odd as I currently have 2 buses licenced as public service vehicles, but SORN and not insured for road use. I don't have to return the PSV discs or tell the DVSA that they are off the road. But I do have to keep a record of them being SORN.

I don't see why someone can't keep an uninsured SORN licenced taxi off the highway for a period. It maybe someone whose business is seasonal and doesn't use it for part of the year. Surely it would cost the LA more in admin to keep taking licences back and re-issuing them? The vehicle is still a taxi until it is withdrawn from service as a taxi, i.e the licence is returned to the LA.

Are your bus licenses permanently for those 2 vehicles or can YOU transfer the pcv license to another vehicle yourself? A hackney/ph license is specific to that vehicle only.

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Nidge2
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 5:06 am 
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Can't see the problem in taking them off the insurance. Round here companies take them off the insurance if they have no drivers for them, they still keep their plates on the vehicles.
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MR T
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 7:58 am 
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roythebus wrote:
Odd as I currently have 2 buses licenced as public service vehicles, but SORN and not insured for road use. I don't have to return the PSV discs or tell the DVSA that they are off the road. But I do have to keep a record of them being SORN.

I don't see why someone can't keep an uninsured SORN licenced taxi off the highway for a period. It maybe someone whose business is seasonal and doesn't use it for part of the year. Surely it would cost the LA more in admin to keep taking licences back and re-issuing them? The vehicle is still a taxi until it is withdrawn from service as a taxi, i.e the licence is returned to the LA.

Your Roy the man....for me :D ........

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wannabeeahack
 Post subject: Re: no insurance
PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2017 8:38 pm 
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roythebus wrote:
Odd as I currently have 2 buses licenced as public service vehicles, but SORN and not insured for road use. I don't have to return the PSV discs or tell the DVSA that they are off the road. But I do have to keep a record of them being SORN.


we arent talking about VOSA

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wannabeeahack
 Post subject: Re: no insurance
PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 11:07 am 
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Good morning

If the vehicle is no longer taxed and/or insured the vehicles Hackney Carriage Licence plate & paper certificate would need to be returned to the Council.

The documents can be kept on file. On your return, register and insure the vehicle and bring in the updated insurance documents when collecting your Hackney Carriage documents.

Thank you for your query.

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mancityfan
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 8:04 pm 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
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Good morning

If the vehicle is no longer taxed and/or insured the vehicles Hackney Carriage Licence plate & paper certificate would need to be returned to the Council.

The documents can be kept on file. On your return, register and insure the vehicle and bring in the updated insurance documents when collecting your Hackney Carriage documents.

Thank you for your query.


Well I'm in the MR T camp on this, we all no the rules on removing the plate. But you could play ball they just want to hold it until you need it, how nice of them. I would say thanks but I will keep it safe myself :D
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nathan8
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 10:11 am 
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For a great article on how to get the best taxi insurance for less money, head here!

https://www.coversure.co.uk/watford/blo ... t-for-less
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 Post subject: Re: no insurance
PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:25 pm 
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nathan8 wrote:
For a great article on how to get the best taxi insurance for less money, head here!

https://www.coversure.co.uk/watford/blo ... t-for-less

Blimey what a great article. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

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