I've been driving about in the crewie on it's US plates. The van is MOT'd and insured (on the chassis number) so is road legal in that sense.
The ppwk for registration is with the DVLA, I'm expecting it back anyday now. The official DVLA line is that you must register your vehicle before driving it on UK roads.
However..........they will also confirm that if your vehicle is registered in the country of origin (the crewie still is, it has the correct stickers on the license plate) then you can drive it in the UK. I take my crewie to work at least 3 times a week, and the carpark is shared by both police officers and traffic wardens, and all they want to talk about is the van itself, not one of them has even mentioned the plate! (or the lack of a tax disc for that matter)
The insurance company are the only 'official' lot that are pestering me for the V5 and corresponding UK registration number, which hopefully they will get very soon, providing the DVLA process it, which to be fair they usually do pretty quickly.
I'm not suggesting for one minute than anyone should abuse or even break the law, however it doesn't hurt to be aware of the correct info. That said it wouldn't hurt to at least get your ppwk in the post...sent by recorded delivery of course.
Carole :wink:
