On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:22:12 -0000, "AndyW"
wrote:
>"ntvl" wrote in message
>news:UKWdnS72T9GysEjanZ2dnUVZ8taknZ2d@bt.com...
>>I had some idiot driver run into me and then failed to stop, I got the reg
>>number and reported it.
>>
>> The police say they know who the registered keeper is but he sold the car,
>> and they dont know who he sold the car to. The DVLA does not have a record
>> for the new keeper.
>>
>> Is the registered keeper liable for failing to provide details of the
>> person he sold the car to?
>
>If he did not attempt to inform the DVLA then he may be onto a sticky
>wicket. If he has done so to the best of his knowledge then he is safe.
>However I was in the situation of being blamed for speeding, dangerous
>driving and leaving the scene for a car I had traded in and subsequently was
>sold at auction.
>Despite the fact that I traded it in and followed the correct DVLA
>procedure, the DVLA apparently only fully registers it when the data comes
>from both buyer and seller. So I was listed as the keeper.
>I ended up with the police at my door twice and 3 letters regarding motoring
>offenses because I was still in the system.
Someone selling one near us wants two forms of id befoire he'll sell
it. Probably a wise idea.
>
>It was easy to sort out as I gave the police details of the dealer who I
>traded the car into but I had to do so a few times.
>
>IANAL, RSVP, TTFN, SWALK etc, etc, etc
>
>AndyW
>
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