trade plates

[tonym]

Does anyone know the laws relating to trade plates?

The wife had the door of our tin top stoved in on a supermarket car park by a prospective customer of a local BMW garage in a car on trade plates.

Is it legal for someone not employed by the garage to drive on trade plates?

They agreed to repair the car (It needs a new drivers door) but I feel they will do a cheap bodge and I will have no comeback on them as I will not have to sign a sartisfaction note for the insurance and will not be paying.

I shall tell my insurance broker tommorow but did not want to make a claim.

Any advice welcome.

[JeffC]

trade plates are for untaxed vehicles, anyone can use them but only for testdrive or delivery /collection purposes,  If they were on test drive they should be running on the garages insurance..

hth.

[scooby]

Trade plates are for trade business. You get a good talking to about going to the supermarket with them when you apply. YOU JUST DONT DO IT. Raise that point and you should get a reaction.

[JeffC]

I got bollocked off a copper for takin my little lad to school with plates  in a car, I told him  Iwas dropping him at school and going straight for test, he gave me a warning and said if i was caught again they would be taken off me As scooby said They are strictly for trade purposes.. supermarket would be a strange place for test drive ,was  maybe the yts joey gettin the tea and coffee in      

Ps..

Scooby received lights last week        

[Major Stare]

trade plates are for untaxed vehicles, anyone can use them but only for testdrive or delivery /collection purposes,  If they were on test drive they should be running on the garages insurance..

hth.

Yup, trade plates are for the trade only and on business use. So long as someone representing the garage was in the car they are covered under the garages insurance.

Get your insurance company to speak to theres!

[Liam]

(Relevant) purposes for which a trade licence may be used (precised):

     (a) for its test or trial or the test or trial of its accessories or equipment

     © for its test or trial for the benefit of a prospective purchaser, for proceeding at the instance of a prospective purchaser to any place for the purpose of such test or trial, or for returning after such test or trial;

     (e) for delivering it to the place where the purchaser intends to keep it;

     (f) for demonstrating its operation or the operation of its accessories or equipment

     (j) for proceeding to or returning from any garage, auction room or other place at which vehicles are usually stored or usually or periodically offered for sale;

     (k) for proceeding to or returning from a place where it is to be or has been inspected or tested; or

     (l) for proceeding to a place where it is to be broken up or otherwise dismantled

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[a4gom]

Wouldn't worry too much about the trade plates, what recourse have you any way, supermarket carpark = private property? Its not a highway!

[Liam]

Wouldn't worry too much about the trade plates, what recourse have you any way, supermarket carpark = private property? Its not a highway!

It is a public place, it doesn't have to be a highway. You can be knicked for a drink driving offence in Sainsbury's car park (and the answer is no Cambs Mafia, before you start   ) so don't neck the Stella before you get it home