ch1ll1
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 08:10 PM |
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tax on line ?
hi
just bought a car been off road for 6 years !
got it mot'd, insured (traders policy)
thinking about tax on line
it says i can do it,
BUT what would the boys in blue say to me not showing it in the windscreen?
could i say its been done on line ( as they can check)
would i get away with it ?
cheers paul
[Edited on 16/6/06 by ch1ll1]
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JohnN
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 08:50 PM |
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The official DVLA line is now that the MOT certificate you get is not now a certificate, it is a receipt. The only official and absolute proof of
valid MOT is the DVLA database.
I guess that similarly, if you tax it on-line then its valid the moment its on the database, the tax disc is just a receipt (that you probably still
have to display) but old bill will check via computer to see if you have tax, if they spot you don't have a valid one on display?
My vote is for you being OK, so long as taxed on-line and waiting for disc in post.
John
[Edited on 16/6/06 by JohnN]
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ch1ll1
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 09:00 PM |
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think they may spot me eith a year 2000 tax disc in it then
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grahamgg
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 09:17 PM |
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it's an offence not to display tax disc even though you have paid for it online and its on its way,,
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JoelP
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 09:24 PM |
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ditto, plus probably a worse offense to display a disc from another vehicle.
That said, most tax evasion is picked up via camera, so it depends how fast their database updates.
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indykid
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 09:52 PM |
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do the tax cameras actually work on seeing the disc, or on NPR?
i'm sure i drove past a couple of tax cameras in the indy, but not once got pulled. my tax disc was on the passenger side of the tunnel, so the
camera definitely wouldn't have been able to see it.
if the disc is just a receipt, why do you have to display such a valuable receipt?
curious,
tom
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JoelP
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 10:31 PM |
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from the old days, when people actually checked! Cameras do indeed work off number plates...
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Macbeast
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 10:35 PM |
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It's not only police you have to worry about re tax disc. Parking attendants can report you, even have you towed for not displaying disc.
That said, I still see people getting away with note in windscreen saying tax disc in post.
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mark chandler
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 11:17 PM |
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My bike broke on the motorway Friday, the recovery lorry had just finished dealing with a police pickup in Surrey.
No tax or insurance on a car, the owner was told to vacate then he gets called in to take the car to the crushing pound, winches up in front of the
owner and takes it away.....
Apparantly the owner gets a few days to pay a fine, present valid insurance and tax disc before he can have the car back, if its not sorted within
something like 7 days its crushed and he walks home from where he was stopped.
Bit of a problem if your MOT has run out !
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Peteff
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| posted on 16/6/06 at 11:27 PM |
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It was always my understanding that the police don't prosecute for road tax, it's up to the DVLA to do that. Currently it is up to £1000
plus back duty or £2,500 if being driven while SORN.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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OX
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| posted on 17/6/06 at 10:18 AM |
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taxed my mk indy on line thursday night and my tax disc came in the post this morning woohoo
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JoelP
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| posted on 18/6/06 at 08:19 PM |
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if you should find your car impounded for no tax, and you are unable to get tax due to having no mot, your only option would be to borrow a friends
car and clone it into yours to get yourself an MOT, and then retax it sharpish.
Wonder why i was thinking about that today? 
ps, i applied for a new disc for my ax online today, cos ive lost my insurance certificate. Pretty convinient if it works well *touch wood*.
[Edited on 18/6/06 by JoelP]
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