Are there any restrictions on all these Polish cars appearing in the UK?
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Yes, if they are living here permanently they have to register the car in the UK & abide by UK Motoring Laws & Tax.
If you feel hard done by report the cars you see if they have been here some time & let the police & DVLA sort it out.
You are allowed to use your car in the UK for vacation purposes, but there are time limits. I think most are 6 months long.
Good point though, I imagine that most Poles don't have Valid UK insurance either, considering the wages they earn back in Poland are so low & our insurance cost very high.
I dont know about the cars but arent there any restrictions on polish people full stop, they have completly taken over my area and now I cant get a job cause there taking them all!!
No problem there as long as they pay road tax, like the rest of us!
Let'em take all the jobs and such.but please don't let'em take our women!
dosent seem to b but i bet you there is in the guinness book or records chapter 14 verse 12
The only restriction seems to be the same as the one for people - it restricts us from stopping them. Hmmmm - wonder where you can buy stingers from.!
It's a bit complicated. You can't just go and get British road tax without having insurance and a valid MOT. To get an MOT, I think you need a British number plate. To get a British number plate you need to import the car legally.
Many of the Polish cars initially will be running on their Polish insurance which probably gives a few months 'greencard' for driving in other EU countries. However, when this runs out, they are probably using the car illegally.
Because the Polish are now in the EU they are allowed to import a Polish car and drive it around legally over here for a period of 6 months out of 12. As long as it meets legal requirements in it's country of origin. If the Police pull it over the driver should be able to prove that it hasn't broken this rule.
Legally after this 6 month period the vehicle should be licenced according to UK laws. This means registration, MOT/SVA Inspection, Insurance etc.
seems they just pop round to thier local mayor get what ever licence they need including hgv come over here learn to sort for drive on the job whist earning really low wages [for this countrie ]but high for theirs .get caught go home get another.their allowed so long before having to pay tax but a trip out the county and HEY start again
I know what you mean. We have a rash of old Polish bangers around here with silly Polish number plates on them.
What concerns me more is that several of them have LPG conversions on them making them dual-fuel, and it seems that the regulations in Poland for fitting gas onto cars aren't anything like as thorough as UK regs. Having seen a couple of these conversions at close quarters, they are a right old mish-mash of scrappy hose and rusty jubilee clips.
As usual, I'm sure it will be one law for them, and another for us.
What you do is every polish registered car you put sugar in its fuel tank and a spud up their exhaust, that will stop the parasites they will have to spend money in this country.
How many Brits do you think are driving cars with bent mot's, no insurance or tax?
If the vehicle has a current przegland samochodowy (Polish Mot)
it is legal for it to be used in the UK, provided it has a Polish OC or AC insurance certificate (third party or fully comp).
They do not require road tax.
A Polish new car does not require an MOT for the first three years.
Shame you feel the Poles are annoying the Brits, Perhaps take a look at the behaviour of the Brits in Poland and the rest of Europe before commenting on the behaviour of the Poles.
I am British living in Poland and find the Poles to be very polite hard working and decent people. Can you say the same for the Brits?
if they live here they should go through all the British laws but as we keep hearing knowone knows if they live here or not. they are European and don't have to tell the English anything, just do what ever the f*** they want
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