Instances of clocking offences (FOI)

​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.