DVLA chase dementia sufferer for 'letting his car insurance lapse' Check made today on the askMID.com website which shows the car is now insured. The website clarifies that "If you own a vehicle that is not declared "off the road" (SORN) and it is registered in your name then it must be insured at all times. If you don't want to use the vehicle, then you must contact the DVLA to declare the vehicle "off the road (SORN)". There are penalties for not having a valid insurance policy, and if your policy does not appear on the Motor Insurance Database ask(MID.com) you can expect to receive a warning letter in the post, followed by a fixed penalty fine." Posted: 240219 V8 Register stock photo Keith Belcher has spotted a report in the MailOnline that a "dementia sufferer, 83, who stopped driving two years ago is prosecuted by the DVLA in a controversial Single Justice Procedure after being accused of 'letting his car insurance lapse'". MailOnline "The 83-year-old kept his classic red 1975 MG in his garage despite giving up driving two years ago. On October 11 last year, the pensioner was moved into a care home and the very next day he was accused by the DVLA of 'letting his car insurance lapse'. In response to the Single Justice Procedure, his daughter sent a letter explaining her father's health and also informed the DVLA he was living in a care home." The "classic red 1975 MG" mentioned in the article which featured in a "stock photo" with the registration number "5922 MG", is an MGBGTV8 and is registered with our V8 Database as Damask 2705 by a longstanding member in Bedfordshire. Using a search using the vehicle tax check on the GOV.UK website the car is "taxed" until August 2024 , most likely at the NIL rate under the VED exemption for Historic vehicles.