wrong it wasnt just parked on a road it was being readied to go for a pre booked mot, what if i had to physically close and lock a massive gate with dogs inside? im i suppose to leave my gate unlocked and the dogs loose because i cant leave my car? what if i need to go for a s*** am i suppose to do it in my car?

he sad it was a misstake because he know its wrong, i had a prebooked mot, so im exempt, im simply following the law. he did not , if one is meant to sorn or tax a car pronto why cant there be a safe guard/fail meassure for one to also declare the car prebooked for an mot.

no it was on the road, but that is not a problem

that was their story which i dont believe, the whole thing took about 1 minute

that is indeed the interpretation the legislation states, but also, the fact that they sent me a letter telling me that i pleaded guilty, thats like extortion, they are not the court or judge, it is intimidating, bulling and above all falsely demanding the payment of a fine. im in court tomoro !!!

I actually still had a valid mot which would expire on January first. Bad day hey, so i decided to do it before such awkward date which im entitled to by law, my car was sorn at the time and fully insured, im a driving instructor and have two cars on the road, my wife has a car and my son a car all at the same address all fully legal, the car that was clamped is our family 7 seater which we use for our holidays , hence i had it sorn for 2 months, on the day in question i simply moved my car off my driveway, on to the road in front of my house 1 foot from our driveway foot path, so that i could park another of our cars in the drive way, i did this whilst also trying to purchase road tax on the internet, as far as i was concerned i had a pre booked mot so how on earth am i actually braking the law by going on to the road for a few minutes ? if im braking the law then any one would brake the law if they stopped at a red light, if they went for petrol, to the toilet, to check if their rear lights were working, to change a tyre, to get a drink, to help a person after an accdent , etc etec, the legislation clearly says that one is exempt when taking the car for an mot, there are no if or buts. Unless it is deemed to be unreasonable, like going for a day out in brighton before coming back to london for the mot, going to a massage parlour , william hill to place a bet for a few hours, delivering parcels, doing mini cabbing, etc etc

this is a good one(not for me) I had my car sorn and parked on my drive, i pre booked an mot for 1030 next day , circa 8 am as the mrs went to take the kids to school she asked me to save her a parking space , i went to try and tax the car on line but could not, i went outside and swapped cars came back in and tried again to tax it could not, i thought well ill just go to mot place as i was going to the car and wait for the mrs she walks in with a smile on her face " you ve been clamped " i replied " yeah sure dont you want to park yours as i go to mot" low and behold i had indeed been clamped . it was now circa 840. i had to pay £260 and then got £160 back, the guy who clamped it was ok and said i should get all the money back as it was a mistake since i had a pre booked mot. However this was only the beginning of my troubles, I tried to contact the dvla - its like asking for an audience with the Pope! Eventually i was told that not only would i not get the other £100 back i would be fined, low and behold a summons came through , it was not clear what exactly it was for i contacted the court and explained the situation, and sent them a copy of the garage diary with my details etc etc, next i get a letter from dvla stating that as i had entered a guilty plea they were offering me the opportunity to pay £285 to settle out of court. I hadnt heard from court yet nor entered any plea. To to it all the letter from dvla had a contact number and fax number that does not exist, and they put down the address of the offence wrong. i tried to contact them no response sent them a letter asking for a copy and all relevant material to be sent to me, never heard back, got a court summons to appear this monday at watford magistrate court to answer for keeping a car on the road under sorn. any one can help with what i should say in court????