Driver's exasperating off-road to hell

Fighting for your rights

- By MAISHA FROST

DOING the right thing was all a car owner ever intended when taking action in an emergency, but it landed him on the wrong side of the law and then mired him in convoluted delays and consequences.

Jack Morton's wretched experience began two years ago when his untaxed vehicle, correctly stored on his driveway with a SORN (Statutory Off-Road Notification), had to be moved urgently on to the public pavement just outside his home.

This was because of a leak that posed a fire risk to electric cables - the repair took a couple of days. Jack's mistake, due to the pressures, was to leave the car untaxed and potentially uninsured during that time.