Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
 

DVLA earns about £6 billion for the treasury from road tax alone ,DVLA is one of the few government depts that actually earns money far exceeding the cost of running it

Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
 

I can't tell you how many times it has happened, but on at least one occasion I have had a car "lifted" and taken a non taxed and insured car off the road, if you are happy to have these vehicles on the Road I am very suprised !

Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
 

Didn't say I was, but as the Police are happy for this to be changed, I would expect there are plans in place to deal with the changes.

Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
 

That is how it should happen but it doesn't work that way, if a car is not registered to the correct person it opens a whole can of worms and when is "eventually ?"

Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
 

Well, since it costs around half a billion to run all the DVLA, and they get 6 billion in from VED alone, he was sub-optimal in his interpretation of the information.

Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
 

A near neighbour drove into a ANPR trap last evening. No tax, no insurance, no MOT, no licence. Docs to presented to a police station. HOORAH for computers attached to ANPR!

Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
 

That's why it is in the interests of the person getting rid of a car to properly swap ownership ,the whole system is reliant on DVLA knowing who has possession of a vehicle and a car not displaying a tax disc is neither here nor there.The police will know if it has tax on it or not

Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
 

this is getting twisted, it is better to have a visual tax disc that can be checked by a member of the public a PCSO, Police officer on foot or a traffic warden,do you want to be hit by a non taxed and uninsured vehicle, I can't see your argument !

Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
 

will all be able to check via the registration number

Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
 

A car can still be taxed and be uninsured ,and it's the uninsured cars that cause the problems not the untaxed ones

Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
 

I don't understand what that means ? so everyone who wants to check this information has to have an ANPR device or go through a prolonged investigation ?

Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
 

You don't need ANPR

As the link I posted earlier shows, you can check instantly via the DVLA whether a car is paid up for VED.

Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
 

All they have to do is check the reg number with DVLA it takes about 30 secs and a police car fitted with ANPR bleeps and goes crazy as soon as an untaxed or uninsured car gets within 20yrds so i don't think it's going to be a problem .I think you are looking for problems that don't exist

Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
 

No you can't , if I am in a car park or out and about I can't note down every vehicle registration, it is not as easy as having a visual confirmation of the taxation status.

Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
 

I still don't understand why you want to go around checking car tax in car parks