hodgy0_2

I haven't displayed a Tax disk on my kitcar for 4 or 5 years

joz8968

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I guess not, then.

Rick2014

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Its that quick and small no one would notice it

wayne9t9

Wish you had kept all those old disks?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/p...orth-1000.html

Ellie*

So does that mean if you forget to tax it and you go through a camera thing you'll be getting a fine??
My tax needs renewing 1st October so knowing my luck I'll probably get some bright spark pointing out I have no tax disc.

Miniman

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Presumably though you'll renew in the same way and either DVLA will or will not send you a tax disk (depending on the date). So can't you just put it into the car if they send you one?

dpb

Stay in bed that day

CJPow

So, I'm sure now the Government will be saving £65 million a year. They will be passing this saving onto the tax payer. I guess not.

JJTurbo

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Today my windscreen feels a bit larger :-)

zip106

I'm going to keep mine, but move it to a different corner of the windscreen.
Haven't decided which corner yet.

All Torque

I feel a little naked now, and plus it's left the system wide open for abuse.

hodgy0_2

How's that

I wonder how many people have been prosecuted for "failing to display" in the last 5 years

And I wonder how many people are actually caught by the MK1 eyeball in the last few years

hardly any on both - the reality is that enforcement has been pretty much 100% computerised and mostly done by ANPR

The only way is false number plates, but people who resort to that are lost anyway

All Torque

Previously if you seen a car parked in your little cul de sac for any length of time with no tax disk odds on it was dumped there, now with no cars displaying how can you do your neighbourhood watch and spot a dumped car. I think it's going to be a tall order for ANPR to catch every single one who is abusing the system.
Just my tuppence worth

Edited to add, the gypsies will take much advantage of this now I suspect.

hodgy0_2

sure - but the cul-de-sac example - the records are cross checked, the registered keeper will be sent a reminder and ultimately a fine

I know, I forgot to SORN my kit car one year - totally forgot, but I received a fine

you can never design a system to stop people who are absolutely intent on evading the "system" and Gypsies (without wishing to tarnish a whole section of society) are potentially an example, but then they evade the tax disc too

Matt_STi

exciting times, I'm going to remove mine later!

RS_Matt

So we are all free to whip our disks out today?

Matt_STi

Yep, page 1 there is a link from gov.uk which says you are allowed from the 1st oct.

RS_Matt

Cheers fella, I'll update the MPG thread.

joz8968

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Dyslexics would find that question rather amusing. Fnarr fnarr

Rescue Dude

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It's all gone **** up already.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29430979

Another great idea by the Tories.

neil-h

Well who ever saw that one coming

cuprajake

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cars will be getting cloned left right and centre,

set of plates made up off ebay, and away you go,

never tax a car again!!

Cpt Jack Sparrow

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ALi-B

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I drove around for six months with a expired tax disc on teh screen...car was taxed I just forgot to put it on the screen.

Workmate pointed it out...just as well as he did as I got pulled by plod a week later (unrelated...He just caught me like a **** )

ALi-B

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It'll be interesting waht the goverment have saved in teh cost cutting at the DVLA....scrapping discs has netted £10million.

They also closed all the offices leaving only Swansea. That must have saved a few £billion in wages and rent.

daveyj

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Website's crashed now too due to "unprecedented demand". Really?!

Godspeed Brakes

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Taxed my van online this morning , went through fine , just feels as though i've been short changed now not getting a piece of paper to show off !

Rescue Dude

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That'll be all the journo's trying it to see if it's crashed so they have another sensationalist story..............It is funny though.

jaygsi

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Makes no difference around my end, i forgot to display my tax disc for months before now, best one was someone i know drove around for 7 months with no mot, only noticed when they went to tax car, i barely see any police cars lol

SirFozzalot

Yep, they've just made it one bit easier to clone a car.