pslewis

Just seen that the TAX office will issue you with an £80 fine if you do not TAX your car within 30 days of expiry of old disc OR even if you are to keep your car off the road.

Its an AUTOMATIC fine! What about the Gypsies who don't register their vehicles, or tax them, or MOT them, or insure them?? NOTHING will happen to them - only to poor old Joe Public who is on holiday for 4 weeks!!

Pete

RON

Note to self.......................don't go on a long holiday!














Damn!

c5_wagon

My family are gypo's and you are feckin out of order! lol

P.s. We find it the cheapest way to run the Scoob!

WRX Wannabe

1 SIMPLE solution to this

GET RID OF RAOD TAX

Add 1pence per litre fuel and the EVERYONE will pay

I dont drive as many mile as the business user who pays the same road tax as me but uses the road 10 times more!

You cant drive your car without fuel so it's very simple

RON

Hear Hear!!!!!!!!!!

S.B.

Not if you syphon everyone elses

SUBTYPER

Surely if the care is off the road you dont need to tax it. I am sure thats why they call it road tax.

J4CK50N

You need to fill out the SORN form (Statutory off road notification) and then would be ok!

BMWhere?

Wow, I'm so glad that I live in Germany where the motorist has power over the government!

Even better, when I drive back to the UK for Christmas, with German plates I don't have to worry about those speed cameras and theres no chance of coming accross mobile traffic cops!

boomer

Maybe the government should start chasing up the TWO MILLION untaxed (and thus probably uninsured, un-MOTed, un-roadworthy etc.) cars that are out there at the moment, before jumping out from behind bushes to catch the generally law-abiding motorist!!!

mb

DEEDEE

You are saying that you want PC Plod to get off his **** and do proper police work for a change. I know Plod take the stick when its the people up stairs who give the orders, but fancy doing a job that is not worth doing. I mean by this muggers rapists molesters the real nasty people never get what they deserve, but the poor old motorist gets it all. I wonder if they get brownie points. (flame suit on)

WRX Wannabe

Boomer:

On that point IMO we should also have to DISPLAY(in the windscreen) a valed MOT & INSURANCE sticker/doc for all to see

speedking

= another reason for scum to break into your car

The SORN business is OK for the average situation, but...

My car was in the garage for a new gearbox, about 6 weeks before tax was due to expire. Therefore off road and undriveable. Garage promised job would take no more than 3 weeks. The time slipped of course, and one week before tax expiry realised we weren't going to get the car back in time. Couldn't apply for tax because couldn't get MOT. Applied for SORN, then had to apply for tax a week later when gearbox was complete. Double effort required on my part, and had to drive untaxed while situation was resolved.

As has been said many times, it is the innocent law-abiding citizen like me that gets inconvenienced while the criminals carry on regardless.

Phew! good 2p's worth.

Chris L

Agree totally about abolishing road tax. That penny a litre would probably provide not only road tax, but an insurance fund to provide third party liability to every road user. In that way, you also get rid of the uninsured drivaer problem at the same time.

This would stop the huge claims for injuries and the like being paid for by the insurance companies and therefore subsidised by us!

Granted it would cost a few jobs at the DVLA, but it would be a massive vote winner!

Chris

Rog Ford

Penny a litre?

If the average driver does 12,000 miles a year at 30mpg, he's getting through 400 gallons, or 1820 litres. That'll gain a whole eighteen pounds twenty pee for the treasury.

Think 10p per litre (more by the time the fuel companies and garages have bumped up their margins to suit) and you'd be a lot closer.

speedking

Reduced proportionally to account for all the untaxed drivers that now have to pay Call it 8p a litre.

The only slight inconsistency is that this would be a tax on fuel used, not on miles covered. I have no objection, but it isn't strictly fair if the intent is to charge for road use is it? (Although thirstier cars probably cause more damage (heavier/more powerful)).

There would be a massive incentive for people to switch to more fuel efficient cars and the tax take would reduce. Back to 10p again

pugoetru

people would not mind paying so called road tax if the government spent it on the roads instead of their wages

I know its not called road tax anymore but thats what everyone accepts it is suposed to be for

Poor Guy

the roads here are a digrace. £90.75 for 6 months isnt worth it.

DMBC have spent about £50 on our roads.


What about me, if i want my classic car off the road for the winter i have to pay?!?!?!? **** that!

Leslie

Pugoetru has hit the nail right on the head!

Les

damian666

I want to park my motorcycle on the road. So I need tax. But its winter, so I'm not riding it. So I'm not insured.

HOW DO I TAX MY BIKE? It needs tax to be parked on the road, but I can't buy any!

Damian



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Damian666

Why would you want to park your uninsured bike on the road??

damian666

No other place to park it? I would only be insured TPO anyway...

Damo

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Damian666

I hope its not an attractive bike for thieves then.

damian666

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The bike is currently taxed (its my wifes)
The bike is actually parked off the street.
My insurance policy allows me to ride others bikes.
My wife is not insured on the bike.
I cannot renew the tax.
Bugger!