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More than 130 foreign vehicles have been seized in the first few weeks of a clamp down on overseas drivers found to be flouting UK road rules.
We're one of six police forces nationwide taking part in the test project. It sees our officers handed devolved Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) powers to impound vehicles being driven illegally on the country’s roads.
Foreign vehicles must be registered and licensed in the UK when they’ve been here for longer than six months in any 12-month period − a provision under EU legislation that affords the same privilege to UK drivers on the Continent.
Previously, our officers could only report any vehicles they’d found overstaying their welcome on foreign number plates to the DVLA for the agency to take action.
But the pilot scheme − codenamed Operation Jessica − gives us powers to seize these vehicles and insist owners tax, insure and register them in the UK or leave the country within 56 days. Any vehicles not claimed will be crushed.
We’ve stopped 210 foreign-plated vehicles in three weeks and 134 have been found to be illegal − that’s more than 60 per cent so it highlights the extent of the problem and why the pilot has been introduced.
The DVLA has provided us with a ‘hot list’ of vehicles that have entered the country and stayed longer than permitted, and we're actively targeting these vehicles and making stops on other foreign cars to check they are complying with the law.
It’s the responsibility of every driver, no matter where they come from, to ensure they obey UK road laws. That includes falling in line with taxation, registration and insurance laws, as well as those about safe driving.
The registered keeper of any impounded vehicles will have to pay a £200 release fee and a £160 surety, plus storage fees, to get the vehicle back. They then have 56 days to license it in the UK or leave the country.
The DVLA will also issue the registered keeper with an out-of-court settlement demand for the unpaid tax which will lead to a prosecution if the keeper fails to pay up.
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