Who's gone to the trouble of removing their tax discs?
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Following all the new tax disc law threads, I wondered if anyone had actually removed theirs since 1st October?
I have a disc in a 'Magnetax' holder, and then a parking permit above it in a similar holder. Funnily enough, the parking permit expired at the beginning of OCtober as well, and I don't need to renew it.
My screen has a crack in it anyway, so I am booked in at Autoglass for a replacement next week. Obviously the new screen will be empty - it will definitely look a bit strange!
Anyone bothered to remove it, or just thought they'd maybe do it once it's expired, or what?
I have a disc in a 'Magnetax' holder, and then a parking permit above it in a similar holder. Funnily enough, the parking permit expired at the beginning of OCtober as well, and I don't need to renew it.
My screen has a crack in it anyway, so I am booked in at Autoglass for a replacement next week. Obviously the new screen will be empty - it will definitely look a bit strange!
Anyone bothered to remove it, or just thought they'd maybe do it once it's expired, or what?
Interesting. Straw poll then - what about your neighbours?
I walked through my road today to go to the local shops - not a single other car had a removed tax disc. I get the feeling that, after some confusion even on Pistonheads, that your general Joe Public does not even realise that you can remove them now?
I walked through my road today to go to the local shops - not a single other car had a removed tax disc. I get the feeling that, after some confusion even on Pistonheads, that your general Joe Public does not even realise that you can remove them now?
Okais, to update my thread - not a particularly scientific test I grant you, but I have been tax-disc free for two weeks now.
Plus, as another interesting 'sub experiment' - I have also been displaying a pair of brand-new numberplates. Nothing unusual about that maybe - apart from the fact that I have been a totally death-defying maverick, and gone for a pair of pressed-aluminium plates
My last set of acrylics were only 2 years old, but had started to de-laminate, which looked horrendous - plus the rear plate had started to get that 'cloudy, sun-bleached look' too.
I did a lot of internetz research on metal plates first - and I chose a company who is 'DVLA registered' as an 'approved supplier', who makes only fully legal plates. The plates have the maker's name and postcode on them, plus the BSAU145d stamp. They conform to the DVLA regulations of being made from a retroreflective material, and all that jazz. There are a lot of scare stories on the net about run-ins with the BiB about these plates, but I have decided that, on balance, I'll probably be ok
Anyway, in the last 2 weeks, I have driven past numerous ANPR equipped Police Cars, and past traffic lights / bridges etc. also fitted with ANPR cameras. And I even got a parking ticket last week, which although annoying, did not mention or discuss the lack of a tax disc, or non-conforming plates. And I do know from experience that most traffic wardens are pretty on the ball on that score.
Hmmm, I think I might start a separate thread about metal number plates now!
Plus, as another interesting 'sub experiment' - I have also been displaying a pair of brand-new numberplates. Nothing unusual about that maybe - apart from the fact that I have been a totally death-defying maverick, and gone for a pair of pressed-aluminium plates
My last set of acrylics were only 2 years old, but had started to de-laminate, which looked horrendous - plus the rear plate had started to get that 'cloudy, sun-bleached look' too.
I did a lot of internetz research on metal plates first - and I chose a company who is 'DVLA registered' as an 'approved supplier', who makes only fully legal plates. The plates have the maker's name and postcode on them, plus the BSAU145d stamp. They conform to the DVLA regulations of being made from a retroreflective material, and all that jazz. There are a lot of scare stories on the net about run-ins with the BiB about these plates, but I have decided that, on balance, I'll probably be ok
Anyway, in the last 2 weeks, I have driven past numerous ANPR equipped Police Cars, and past traffic lights / bridges etc. also fitted with ANPR cameras. And I even got a parking ticket last week, which although annoying, did not mention or discuss the lack of a tax disc, or non-conforming plates. And I do know from experience that most traffic wardens are pretty on the ball on that score.
Hmmm, I think I might start a separate thread about metal number plates now!
dtmpower said:
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
Okais, to update my thread - not a particularly scientific test I grant you, but I have been tax-disc free for two weeks now.
Plus, as another interesting 'sub experiment' - I have also been displaying a pair of brand-new numberplates. Nothing unusual about that maybe - apart from the fact that I have been a totally death-defying maverick, and gone for a pair of pressed-aluminium plates
My last set of acrylics were only 2 years old, but had started to de-laminate, which looked horrendous - plus the rear plate had started to get that 'cloudy, sun-bleached look' too.
I did a lot of internetz research on metal plates first - and I chose a company who is 'DVLA registered' as an 'approved supplier', who makes only fully legal plates. The plates have the maker's name and postcode on them, plus the BSAU145d stamp. They conform to the DVLA regulations of being made from a retroreflective material, and all that jazz. There are a lot of scare stories on the net about run-ins with the BiB about these plates, but I have decided that, on balance, I'll probably be ok
Anyway, in the last 2 weeks, I have driven past numerous ANPR equipped Police Cars, and past traffic lights / bridges etc. also fitted with ANPR cameras. And I even got a parking ticket last week, which although annoying, did not mention or discuss the lack of a tax disc, or non-conforming plates. And I do know from experience that most traffic wardens are pretty on the ball on that score.
Hmmm, I think I might start a separate thread about metal number plates now!
Which website for the pressed plates ?Plus, as another interesting 'sub experiment' - I have also been displaying a pair of brand-new numberplates. Nothing unusual about that maybe - apart from the fact that I have been a totally death-defying maverick, and gone for a pair of pressed-aluminium plates
My last set of acrylics were only 2 years old, but had started to de-laminate, which looked horrendous - plus the rear plate had started to get that 'cloudy, sun-bleached look' too.
I did a lot of internetz research on metal plates first - and I chose a company who is 'DVLA registered' as an 'approved supplier', who makes only fully legal plates. The plates have the maker's name and postcode on them, plus the BSAU145d stamp. They conform to the DVLA regulations of being made from a retroreflective material, and all that jazz. There are a lot of scare stories on the net about run-ins with the BiB about these plates, but I have decided that, on balance, I'll probably be ok
Anyway, in the last 2 weeks, I have driven past numerous ANPR equipped Police Cars, and past traffic lights / bridges etc. also fitted with ANPR cameras. And I even got a parking ticket last week, which although annoying, did not mention or discuss the lack of a tax disc, or non-conforming plates. And I do know from experience that most traffic wardens are pretty on the ball on that score.
Hmmm, I think I might start a separate thread about metal number plates now!
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