Tackling untaxed vehicles

Carlisle City Council has seized nearly 80 cars over the past nine months in a crackdown on abandoned and untaxed vehicles.

Over the past nine months, 20 untaxed vehicles and 59 abandoned vehicles have been removed. A total of 21 vehicles were also returned to the owners after charges totalling more than £2,500 were paid, 58 vehicles have been disposed of.

Carlisle City Council is reminding local road tax dodgers to ensure that their vehicle is taxed or risk having their vehicle impounded and disposed of if charges are not paid.

The Council joined forces with the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) to combat the problem of untaxed vehicles in 2006 and has been helping to catch offenders ever since.

Motorists throughout the Carlisle district who do not license their vehicles have been targeted in this latest campaign to recover millions of pounds lost each year in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) evasion and also to reduce the number of abandoned vehicles on city streets.

Carlisle City Council and the DVLA is encouraging all motorists to check that their vehicles are properly licensed and, if not, to re-license them immediately. People that don’t follow the rules and continue to park or drive untaxed vehicles on the highway will have their vehicle impounded. These vehicles will subsequently be crushed if the relevant fines and costs are not paid.

Carlisle City Council offers a free vehicle disposal service for local residents. All the schemes aim to make Carlisle cleaner, greener & safer.