Polish people and their cars, question pls

[caretaker]

i'm saying nuffink. my grandad was polish, my gran romanian and my mum was born in germany. and my dad was welsh.

[Pat]

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and why are all Polish drivers named Prawo Jazdy?????????
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[size=1em]That's not true. Prawo jazdy literally means driving license.[/size]

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Exactly they sell it on, more likely just keep swapping to dodge the laws. Although I imagine selling the vehicle in this country cancels the requirement to change the plates and tax it. But hey the law is probably scared to do anything about it
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[size=1em]I don't think so. If yes it would mean that I can sell it to my girlfriend and she would be able to sell it back to me after 6 months or something like that. It still obeying law even if it works. Of course I am against it.[/size]

[size=1em]Bear in mind that you need to have valid Polish MOT each year also you need to change your registry document (something like V5) within one month and I am pretty sure that you can't do it by mail (like DVLA works). That does not make things impossible, but at least harder.[/size]

[size=1em]BTW. I am not going to sell my car. I drive back to Poland on Christmas and going to leave my car there. If it changes anything for you...[/size]

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Infact they should have to pay for time here no refund. Doubt we get discount on fuel when driving on the continent in ratio to what is added for road tax 
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[size=1em]Yes mate, but when your car visit Poland we will tax your untaxed fuel that you bring to [/size]
[size=1em]Some one invented a law that there is 6 month limit and that's how it works. If someone exceed that, he is doing that at own risk. Same like British driver could drive without valid MOT.[/size]

[size=1em]Not everyone is here to work&live. Some of us are seasonal workers, some of us are just tourist. Should all of them pay the road tax?[/size]
[size=1em]BTW. I would be happy to pay the road tax for my PL reg car and drive legally all the time. But it's not possible.[/size]
[size=1em]Not every Pole decided that wants stay here for longer...then buy a car, tax it, insure (for 1 year) and pay cancellation fees if declined.[/size]
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The 6 month limit is for tourists/visitors only, if you're living and working in the UK then legally you are classed as a UK resident and it is illegal for any UK resident to drive a non-UK registered vehicle within the UK.

https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk

Driving with a foreign registration numberUK residents aren’t allowed to use non-UK registered vehicles on UK roads. The only exceptions are if you:

• work in another European Union (EU) member state and use an EU-registered company car temporarily in the UK
  
• lease an EU-registered car and use this temporarily in the UK
  

I do know of people in London that have had their bikes impounded for ignoring this law.

[darrsi]

i'm saying nuffink. my grandad was polish, my gran romanian and my mum was born in germany. and my dad was welsh.

Blimey........YOU are the EU.  :lol

[rayburn600]

i'm saying nuffink. my grandad was polish, my gran romanian and my mum was born in germany. and my dad was welsh.

I fort you said " i'm saying nuffink.. That is an arwful lot of familee history there.....LOL

[andybesy]

So on a related note, this morning I was watching a vid about a dude who's spending 5 years on the road, touring about the place on his bike.

How would that work within the EU? Would you have to head home for an MOT/Tax/Insurance once a year?

Or would you be able to get it done in whatever country you happen to be in when it becomes due, even though your bike isn't registered there?

Andy

[rustyrider]

Would you have to head home for an MOT/Tax/Insurance once a year?

Strictly speaking yes, but he'd probably do what a lot of ex-pats of various nationalities do and just not bother.

[midden]

i'm saying nuffink. my grandad was polish, my gran romanian and my mum was born in germany. and my dad was welsh.

Wow you're brave to openly acknowledge the being part Welsh

[pitternator]

I am half welsh too, probably why I like wellies and sheep !  :lol

My experience abroad having been stopped twice by police is yes they fecking do enforce on the spot ! They get their money full stop.And they are armed, and there is a second man covering  you ready with a gun. Thats not how our police generally work.
But I respect foreign traffic laws, because of it . We do need to get tough and collect on the spot from foreign plated drivers. With anpr I am surprised why we let any through the net. They dont pay road tax here,or any short term tax like a vignette.  So why not ???