How to prove road tax paid if driving abroad?
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V8forweekends said:
iandc said:
Now the tax disc is no longer required to be displayed in UK I was wondering if I was driving abroad and was unfortunate to get stopped by the police to show documents etc how can said police tell whether or not I have valid road tax?
They won't care.iandc said:
Now the tax disc is no longer required to be displayed in UK I was wondering if I was driving abroad and was unfortunate to get stopped by the police to show documents etc how can said police tell whether or not I have valid road tax?
As keen and aware foreign policemen they will be know that Road Tax was scrapped in 1937 and so won't bother about it. Nor will they bother about Vehicle Excise Duty (car tax) since it's not a requirement in their juristictions.SpikeBmth said:
Road tax is only for british roads
No, it isn't. VED is required for a UK-registered vehicle to be road legal. And reciprocity rules mean that a vehicle has to be legal in its home country to be legal in a country it's been temporarily imported into.SpikeBmth said:
as a visitor to some other countries you need to pay to use their roads, either by tolls or buying a vignette.
Just as foreign vehicles in the UK need to pay tolls here. Toll roads are different from vehicle taxation.But I'd agree that JohnnyForeignerPlod won't care, unless you're seriously under the microscope for some reason, and they're looking for anything to throw at you.
iandc said:
Now the tax disc is no longer required to be displayed in UK I was wondering if I was driving abroad and was unfortunate to get stopped by the police to show documents etc how can said police tell whether or not I have valid road tax?
when I come over in my German car, how can you tell if I've paid KFZ Steuer?sim16v said:
They do care, in some places.
Friends have had their cars impounded in Germany until they could prove they were taxed.
Ford Galaxy with a turret on the roof, by any chance...?Friends have had their cars impounded in Germany until they could prove they were taxed.
But all they need to do is point Herr Plod at https://www.vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/ - far more credible than a piece of paper stuffed into the glovebox.
iandc said:
Now the tax disc is no longer required to be displayed in UK I was wondering if I was driving abroad and was unfortunate to get stopped by the police to show documents etc how can said police tell whether or not I have valid vehicle tax?
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