​Request
Clocking is the illegal practice of winding back the odometer on a high–mileage car to increase its apparent value and asking price.
A
How many cases of car clocking have you investigated in the last 5 years?
B
Of those cases, how many were dealt with by prosecuting the suspected offenders?
C
How many of those prosecutions were successful?
D
In total, how many vehicles were involved in the successfully prosecuted cases?
E
What is your policy for alerting innocent members of the public and motor trade to vehicles the council has successfully proven have been "clocked"?
F
Can you provide confirmation in respect of question 5 of the type of action you have taken to warn people about the vehicles you have discovered to have been clocked?
G
Have you seized any "clocked" vehicles over the past five years and subsequently destroyed them?
Response
A
None.
B
Not applicable - please refer to response to question A.
C
Not applicable - please refer to response to question A.
D
Not applicable - please refer to response to question A.
E
The Department for Infrastructure Driver and Vehicle Standards Department does not have a policy in place as if such an occurrence was to arise, the circumstances would be dealt with on an individual basis.
F
No action has been taken - please refer to response to question A.
G
No.
