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This is easily defeated by registering your car overseas, as is the case with most fast cars you see in London.
by ryanlol 6y ago
This is easily defeated by registering your car overseas, as is the case with most fast cars you see in London.
- brewdad 6y agoBrexit will put the kabosh on much of that I imagine. When the borders are closed to the rest of Europe it will be quite easy to make cars from unfriendly jurisdictions illegal on UK roads or to require the equivalent of a visa to bring a car registered in one of those uncooperative nations into the country.
- scott_w 6y agoUnlikely, as we lose access to potential sources of cooperation from the EU and we have a government in thrall to the dangerous driving lobby.
- easytiger 6y ago> dangerous driving lobby. No such thing exists
- Ichthypresbyter 6y agoEven without Brexit it is illegal for a British resident to drive a foreign-registered car on British roads. Though the law is rarely enforced, it does exist. Many EU countries have similar laws- and yes, they do apply to cars registered in other EU countries. Actually banning foreign-registered cars driven by non-residents from the roads would require withdrawing from international conventions that long predate the EU, and result in British tourists abroad not being able to drive a rental car until they pass a local driving test...
- lb1lf 6y ago> Even without Brexit it is illegal for a British resident to drive a foreign-registered car on British roads. Though the law is rarely enforced, it does exist. -Norway has a similar law, with the interesting application that if you, a Norwegian resident, is caught driving a car registered abroad in Norway, you're on the hook for the import taxes which would apply if the car were to be put on Norwegian plates. In a way this makes sense, as (fossil) cars are taxed to high heaven and then some, doubly so if they are well-powered. If the law didn't exist, everyone wanting a muscle car would just buy it in Sweden at half the cost.
- Ichthypresbyter 6y agoSimilar to the law we have in the Netherlands- otherwise everyone would just register their car in Germany. You can get a two-week exemption for a borrowed/rented car, and there is a somewhat longer grace period if you bring your car with you when you move.