Fine of £100 for exempt driver who ‘didn’t pay’

A furious motorist has issued a warning to other drivers after the DVLA clamped her vehicle because she didn’t pay her car tax bill – of £0.00.

Sharon Taylor was left unable to drive her low carbon emission one-litre Peugeot 208 after the DVLA clamped it because she hadn’t paid her road tax, despite the car being exempt.

The 46-year-old cabin crew member was then forced to pay £100 to have it removed and claims she was told by the DVLA she had an outstanding bill to pay – of zero.

Sharon, from Kirkcaldy, was visiting her mum, who had suffered a heart attack, in hospital last Wednesday when her car was clamped.

She said: “My car is below the carbon emission level so there is no value to my road tax, I told them this.

“They said I should have ‘paid’ it on their website anyway and said I could receive a fine that may be up to five times the amount of my road tax.

“And they actually sent me a bill for it, saying I owe then five times zero.

“It makes no sense.” Sharon - who says her mum is doing well - said she has ended up with a £100 fine to have the clamp removed from her car.

A DVLA spokesman said: “We make it clear in all our messages that all vehicles must be licensed, even if the vehicle is subject to a nil rate of vehicle tax and does not attract a payment.”

SWNS. Sharon Taylor.