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Reminder-Road Tax Discs abolished from today
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 30 Sep 2014 14:19 |
Just a reminder that from 1st October 2014 vehicle owners will no longer need to display a paper tax disc after a 93-year old system comes to an end. The current system has been in place since 1921 and provides visual proof that drivers have paid Vehicle Excise Duty - also known as car or road tax. |
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jax | Report | 30 Sep 2014 14:56 |
Got my road tax in the week.... All the post mistress wanted to see was the renewal notice....mot and insurance was all on the computer |
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Annx | Report | 30 Sep 2014 14:57 |
I shall keep my old disc as a momento! :-) |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 30 Sep 2014 15:27 |
Annx - surely your not saying you don't have faith in, government or their agencies, IT systems ;-) |
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Bobtanian | Report | 30 Sep 2014 15:51 |
Perish the thought!!! |
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DIZZI | Report | 30 Sep 2014 23:03 |
Impossible to get on there site tonight must be all the panic, |
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Andrew | Report | 1 Oct 2014 08:42 |
When I bought my '79 Spitfire last year, it had all of its old tax discs stuck neatly into a folder. Current tax expired yesterday, so that will be the last one. |
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Sharron | Report | 1 Oct 2014 09:05 |
I still drive on a green licence. It works. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 1 Oct 2014 12:10 |
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has advised drivers to "keep trying" after its website buckled under the strain of "unprecedented demand" for the electronic version of the disc. |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 1 Oct 2014 12:15 |
Disabled people have been able to claim text exempt status for their transport. A normal disk has been issued at zero fee. This exemption continues. However the disk has been the only visible proof of entitlement. Much of the time parking for tax exempt vehicles is free. There are also yellow line exemptions. The DVLA now apparently expect parking wardens to check online with DVLA when there is a parking infraction. My wife gets regular tickets even with the old system which have to be appealed. That is because the warden does not bother to read the disk. I can only suppose that there is going to be a sharp increase in tickets issued re tax exempt vehicles as I cannot see wardens hanging around to quiz DVLA via a smart phone or call to office. |
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supercrutch | Report | 1 Oct 2014 13:37 |
Agree with Rollo, my vehicle is tax exempt and some car parks do state that I can park free of charge with this class of license. (Not many I hasten to add). |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 1 Oct 2014 13:56 |
My local council says that a scheme using a QR code affixed to the windscreen is being looked at. Whether anything happens who knows. Parking authorities tend not to understand the difference between blue badge and tax exempt. Blue badge goes with the person and does not often give any free parking. Some councils do for residents and issue a special windscreen sticker. This is NOT available for tax exempt cars! The blue badge holder MUST be present. Tax exempt goes with the car. The disabled person need not be present. The vehicle must be used on behalf of the disabled person eg pharmacist, shopping. If the driver is not a blue badge holder then displaying a blue badge with bbb holder not present is an offence. Thus the new system really has its knickers in a twist. |
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supercrutch | Report | 1 Oct 2014 15:25 |
I am considering printing a round disc with the International disability symbol stating that my vehicle is tax exempt and putting that where the tax disc would usually be sited. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 1 Oct 2014 15:37 |
apparently some old tax discs are quite valuable |
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Bobtanian | Report | 1 Oct 2014 19:13 |
surely we are not obliged to remove a tax disc just because the need to display is now defunct.........it can be left in the windscreen until it expires..... |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 1 Oct 2014 20:08 |
most people don't have a tax disk round here anyways |
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Sally | Report | 1 Oct 2014 20:48 |
thanks ann my oh has a whole wad of tax discs he kept |
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Bobtanian | Report | 1 Oct 2014 21:03 |
strange, things we collect, innit? |
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Annx | Report | 1 Oct 2014 21:12 |
Oh yes Bob I have my petrol rationing book too! |
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Bobtanian | Report | 2 Oct 2014 00:16 |
hee hee, don't tell old bill, |
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