The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
05-12-2013, 19:30
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Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
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Nope his words were, "it costs more to process than what they get back."
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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
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05-12-2013, 19:37
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Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
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And how often has that actually happened?
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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 !
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05-12-2013, 19:43
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Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
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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 !
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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.
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05-12-2013, 19:47
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Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
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why would you want to check a vehicles VED status ?,if it isn't taxed they automatically get issued a ticket and eventually towed and possibly crushed as with insurance .
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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 ?"
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05-12-2013, 19:51
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Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
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Nope his words were, "it costs more to process than what they get back."
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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.
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05-12-2013, 19:51
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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!
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05-12-2013, 19:55
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Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
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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 ?"
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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
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05-12-2013, 20:10
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Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
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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
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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 !
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05-12-2013, 20:11
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Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
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a PCSO, Police officer on foot or a traffic warden
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will all be able to check via the registration number
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05-12-2013, 20:16
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Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
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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 !
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A car can still be taxed and be uninsured ,and it's the uninsured cars that cause the problems not the untaxed ones
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05-12-2013, 20:17
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Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
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will all be able to check via the registration number
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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 ?
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05-12-2013, 20:19
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Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
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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 ?
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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.
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05-12-2013, 20:21
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Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
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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 ?
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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
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05-12-2013, 20:27
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Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
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Originally Posted by BenMcr
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.
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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.
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05-12-2013, 20:31
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Re: The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years
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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.
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I still don't understand why you want to go around checking car tax in car parks
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