car laws

The blue badge scheme helps people in the UK who have disabilities to park closer to their destination. The badges will help people to have more independence and to get to where they need to be without having to worry about parking their vehicles too far away. Disabled parking spaces will also usually be larger so that people can get a wheelchair out of a vehicle easily if required. People can apply for blue badges quickly and easily if they need to make use of one. They can be used if a disabled person if driving or if they are a passenger in a vehicle as well. It will entitle them to park in disabled bays on streets and in council car parks, though different rules may apply in private...

If you own a car then you will know that insurance can be a hugely monthly or annual cost. Car insurance can vary from a few hundred pounds a year upwards of two thousand pounds a year and those likely to see the highest premiums are young, male drivers, drivers with a number of points on their licence or drivers who have been disqualified in the past. Despite the cost of insurance it is vital for any car that is being used or kept on the road to have valid motor insurance. If you do not have this you can find yourself in trouble with the law and risk having your car taken away and crushed. If your car is not currently being used on the roads then you do...

The car taxing system is now available online making it a lot easier for car owners to renew and tax used cars. If you are the registered keeper of the vehicle then you will receive a tax reminded that will contain a reference number. By visiting the government website you can enter this information and then chose how you wish to tax the vehicle. The DVLA are now letting people pay for car tax by monthly direct debit, spreading the cost out. The system will check for a valid MOT and insurance and will not let you proceed if you do not have both of these in place. If you have recently bought the car then you will need to use the reference number of the green part of the...

It is illegal to drive a car in the UK without a valid MOT certificate unless you are driving to an MOT test station. Details held regarding insurance, tax and Mot are all held on an insurance database. The DVLA do checks every month to see if a car has a valid MOT certificate and any that don’t are instantly sent to the ANPR of the police vehicles. If the ANPR camera detects one of these cars then it will be stopped to see why it is travelling with no MOT. All vehicles that are over three years old need to pass an MOT every year. If the vehicle fails, then you will need to get the work required completed and submit the vehicle back in for the retesting. If...