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Instances of clocking offences (FOI)

Instances of clocking offences (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by States of Jersey and published on 13 October 2017.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

​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.

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