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Crush threat over car tax.


MOTORISTS in Coventry and Warwickshire are warned their vehicles could end up in the crusher if they do not have car tax.

The stark warning comes as West Midlands Police West Midlands Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.

It is the second largest in the United Kingdom after London's Metropolitan Police [1]. It covers an area with nearly 2.
 and the DVLA DVLA Brit Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

DVLA n abbr (BRIT) (= Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) → organismo encargado de la expedición de permisos de conducir y matriculación de vehículos
 relaunch Relaunch can refer to several things:
  • , a series of novels set in the Star Trek universe
  • Relaunch (process), is a marketing process in which a brand or product (such as a magazine or a car) is relaunched
 a zero tolerance The policy of applying laws or penalties to even minor infringements of a code in order to reinforce its overall importance and enhance deterrence.

Since the 1980s the phrase zero tolerance has signified a philosophy toward illegal conduct that favors strict imposition of
 campaign against disc-dodgers..

Police will be carrying out stop-checks on vehicles and say they are targeting drivers who deliberately avoid buying tax, rather than motorists who forget or are caught out by a couple of days.

Hit squads, sponsored by the DVLA, will be able to clamp all vehicles which are not displaying a tax disc.

If owners refuse to buy a disc, their car could ultimately be crushed.
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Publication:Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Date:Apr 12, 2000
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