Taxed but not on display

[matt21]

Just bought a car with no tax disc from a friend. Checked online and it is taxed, what is the liklihood of a fixed penalty notice.

Need the car and will get disc reissued. From a legal standpoint its taxed, insured and MoT'd, just has no tax on display.

[430T]

£30 FPN IIRC

I imagine the police would use their discretion if you got a good officer though.

Edited by 430T on Wednesday 27th March 21:40

[750turbo]

Unlikely to get a FPN, just do not park it anywhere too conspicuous.

Oh, and make sure your friend has not sent disc back to Dvla for refund.

[430T]

750turbo said:

Oh, and make sure your friend has not sent disc back to Dvla for refund.

This

[Negative Creep]

I bought a car with a stolen tax disc that still had about 6 weeks remaining. Drove around the entire time without anyone even mentioning it. If it shows on ANPR as taxed then the chances of it being spotted are pretty low

[Grenoble]

430T said:

750turbo said:

Oh, and make sure your friend has not sent disc back to Dvla for refund.

This

This, in spades. How has he lost a tax disk?

[matt21]

I know its missing because when he had it it was taxed but not on display. He has not used it for a couple of months so virtually given it to me to use, so certainly would not have returned it.

Looking online confirms it is taxed until end May.

[StottyZr]

A friend of mine was pulled the other week and didn't have a tax disk on display (he has absolutely no idea where its gone, holder an all)

He claims he got a £60 fine and 3points. By the way nobody has corrected the first response, I'd expect he is talking ste?

He is a bit of a billy bullstter at times.

[Grenoble]

StottyZr said:

A friend of mine was pulled the other week and didn't have a tax disk on display (he has absolutely no idea where its gone, holder an all)

He claims he got a £60 fine and 3points. By the way nobody has corrected the first response, I'd expect he is talking ste?

He is a bit of a billy bullstter at times.

He is, it's a fine, non endorsable. Ask to see his licence as you might be able to help overthrow this miscarriage of justice - the points will have a conviction code....

[Aretnap]

430T said:

£30 FPN IIRC

Increased to £60 a few years ago. Still no points.

[StottyZr]

Grenoble said:

He is, it's a fine, non endorsable. Ask to see his licence as you might be able to help overthrow this miscarriage of justice - the points will have a conviction code....

I'm going to ask him if he got the fine+points again, if he says yes I'll tell him he's a lieing wker.

If I've cheered up before then I'll have some fun messing with him first (Oh you poor sod your insurance premium rise etc... what code does it go down as?)

[sprinter11]

i dont think theyd give points
but its fail to display £60

[sixspeed]

Rightly or wrongly, I haven't had a tax disc displayed in the window on my car for about 4 years (since a photoshoot in which the photographer asked for it to be taken down as it "spoils" the asthetics).

Always keep the tax disc in the glove box. Never even so much as been commented on (or I swear even noticed!) even when the car has been looked/pulled over by plod etc. I guess the fact it shows up on ANPR etc is enough to satisfy them these days.

[Zoobeef]

Forgot to put mine back in after removing it to get a parking permit for work. Police just asked where it was and told me to stick it in when I got home

[Jim1556]

Negative Creep said:

I bought a car with a stolen tax disc that still had about 6 weeks remaining. Drove around the entire time without anyone even mentioning it. If it shows on ANPR as taxed then the chances of it being spotted are pretty low

Seriously? I hope you mean you didn't know it was stolen...

[LoonR1]

Negative Creep said:

I bought a car with a stolen tax disc that still had about 6 weeks remaining. Drove around the entire time without anyone even mentioning it. If it shows on ANPR as taxed then the chances of it being spotted are pretty low

Did it come inside a stolen car? Nice that you brag about using stolen goods.

[Grenoble]

Negative Creep said:

I bought a car with a stolen tax disc that still had about 6 weeks remaining. Drove around the entire time without anyone even mentioning it. If it shows on ANPR as taxed then the chances of it being spotted are pretty low

Confused.

So the disc was stolen? But the car must have been taxed to pass anpr? So why have a stolen disc?

[CYMR0]

Grenoble said:

Negative Creep said:

I bought a car with a stolen tax disc that still had about 6 weeks remaining. Drove around the entire time without anyone even mentioning it. If it shows on ANPR as taxed then the chances of it being spotted are pretty low

Confused.

So the disc was stolen? But the car must have been taxed to pass anpr? So why have a stolen disc?

Translating from OPese to English, I think the tax disc had been stolen from the car that Negative Creep had, thereby committing the offence (arguably) of failure to display, not that he drove around with a stolen tax disc for six weeks.

[Grenoble]

CYMR0 said:

Translating from OPese to English, I think the tax disc had been stolen from the car that Negative Creep had, thereby committing the offence (arguably) of failure to display, not that he drove around with a stolen tax disc for six weeks.

Ahhhhhh. All makes sense now. Thanks for the translation.