Someone I know had a minor rant about a vehicle owner leaving a used nappy on the ground in the car park. No, that’s not the crime. That’s part of the *irony*, as the vehicle was used for waste collection/recycling.
The crime is that he then noted the number plate and checked the tax/MoT status, and… it’s been untaxed since 2016. Someone else checked the insurance and that’s also expired. So there’s a commercial vehicle out there, untaxed, uninsured. A photograph exists of it in a car park, so it’s clearly being driven on public roads.
What to do about this? Inform the police? We only have a non-verifiable photograph (of course it *could* be faked), and we don’t know who drove the vehicle. Is it really worth the police taking time to chase this up? I’d argue it is, but I’m sure there are plenty who’d shout that it’s a minor crime, and the police should concentrate on the larger issues.