The Car tax disc is to be scrapped after 93 years

Originally Posted by banjo

So all the information held on motorists electronically is 100% correct, that is rubbish !

We aren't talking about "all the information held on motorists"are we ,we are only talking about valid vehicle tax and as i explained before if you are that worried then keep your receipt it's up to you

[banjo]

And as I have said I have a receipt already it is called a tax disc it should not be changed

Originally Posted by banjo

it should not be changed

well it is and rightly so ,it simply is not needed

[idiosyncratic]

I fully intend my next car to be in band A - i.e. liable for £0 tax, so am completely relaxed about whether I need to have a tax disc, or not.

[banjo]

Originally Posted by martyh

well it is and rightly so ,it simply is not needed

That is your opinion, not mine this system has served us well for 93 years if it ain't broke don't fix it

Originally Posted by banjo

That is your opinion, not mine this system has served us well for 93 years if it ain't broke don't fix it

some would say it is broke though ,given modern technology it is very easy to produce a convincing copy of a tax disc

[banjo]

Originally Posted by martyh

some would say it is broke though ,given modern technology it is very easy to produce a convincing copy of a tax disc

Which will not be of any help because of your perfect electronic system ?

Originally Posted by banjo

Which will not be of any help because of your perfect electronic system ?

but it will stop people counterfeiting tax discs

[banjo]

That is an assumption on your part a police officer can scrutinise a tax disc at the road side to check it's validity job done

Originally Posted by banjo

That is an assumption on your part a police officer can scrutinise a tax disc at the road side to check it's validity job done

How is it an assumption?? there can be no illegal trade in counterfeit tax discs if there is no such thing as a tax disc

[banjo]

Originally Posted by martyh

but it will stop people counterfeiting tax discs

That is your assumption ??

[Gary L]

Originally Posted by banjo

That is your assumption ??

They can still print them if they want

I'd say there will be more people driving on the road without valid tax than there were before with this scrapping of the tax disc.
it's obvious that because the neighbour or anybody in the street can't see that it's not taxed. then the people who would drive it on the road will do so more because they have protection of not knowing that there is no tax.

oh. yes. I'm forgetting the police.

if anyone was paranoid, then you might think that this move is to lessen the workload of the police by not taking any reports of no road tax and acting on them. because they've hidden it from the public.

it saves money. and it makes money. so that's a bonus.

I feel sorry for al them tax disc holder makers that will be out of a job.

Well we will see won't we.Personally I'm not going to get stubborn about it and apart from moderating the thread to see that civility is observed and that there is no more topic drift I won't be continuing the argum...errrr debate.

[blackthorn]

I think its a daft idea. If you take a policeman walking down the street where there`s lots of cars parked in a row, he can at the moment just by glancing at the tax disc see if it`s out of date or not there at all and can also observe everything else going on around him/her. With no disc there, he isnt going to have a clue.

[Gary L]

Yeh. you could ask him directions whilst blatantly standing at the front of the car trying to attract his attention to your 'Tax is in the post' thing where your tax disc used to be.

I'll probably leave mine on when it starts.