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Russ · 28-09-2014, 12:20

I'm in 2 minds about the ability to check on insurance, tax and MOTs online. On one hand it helped me once when a previous insurance company messed up my policy and a niggling feeling after I spoke to them led me to keep checking on the MID site and I found out my insurance wasn't valid due to their error. Had I needed to make a claim in that time they reckon they'd have covered me but still I couldn't have done without the hassle. Plus if someone has left a car in your street for days you can have a good idea whether or not it's been abandoned.

But I think there's going to be a big element of snooping when more people realise the details can be checked. I'm not saying untaxed/uninsured/unsafe cars should be left alone but I can't help wondering if one of the ideas behind this is to take a little bit of pressure off the police and allow the public to investigate and report things themselves....or even 'encourage by other means' the owner to get the car legalised. I've never really been a fan of vigilante justice.

28-09-2014, 12:20	#198
Russ cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Half in the corporeal, half in the etheral Posts: 37,181	Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years I'm in 2 minds about the ability to check on insurance, tax and MOTs online. On one hand it helped me once when a previous insurance company messed up my policy and a niggling feeling after I spoke to them led me to keep checking on the MID site and I found out my insurance wasn't valid due to their error. Had I needed to make a claim in that time they reckon they'd have covered me but still I couldn't have done without the hassle. Plus if someone has left a car in your street for days you can have a good idea whether or not it's been abandoned. But I think there's going to be a big element of snooping when more people realise the details can be checked. I'm not saying untaxed/uninsured/unsafe cars should be left alone but I can't help wondering if one of the ideas behind this is to take a little bit of pressure off the police and allow the public to investigate and report things themselves....or even 'encourage by other means' the owner to get the car legalised. I've never really been a fan of vigilante justice. __________________ From Jim Cornette: “Ty, Fy, bye”