Car on drive... tax in drawer!
Discussion
Just realised that, for the second night running, I've forgotten to put my new tax disc in the screen. Car is parked on my drive and hasn't been moved since the tax ran out. Bought a new disc on Monday (so I am taxed) but have yet to display it - could I be done for failure to display or does this only apply when the car is on the Queen's highway?
I realise the chance of getting done are generally pretty small, but I have a neighbour that likes to report this sort of thing... she reported my neighbour for similar even though his car was off-road and SORN... :rolleyes:
(Note to self: must apply disc to screen this evening...)
I realise the chance of getting done are generally pretty small, but I have a neighbour that likes to report this sort of thing... she reported my neighbour for similar even though his car was off-road and SORN... :rolleyes:
(Note to self: must apply disc to screen this evening...)
denisb said:
The offence is failure to display a valid tax disc so yes you could be done. However it would take a real jobsworth to do you, if you were reported I would go to the press so they could run a "haven't the police got anything better to do with their time" story.
Wrong, I parked my car with a recently expired tax disc outside the PO whilst I bought it's replacement. Warden gave me a ticket, luckily I caught him just in time with the new disc in my hand. "Why didn't you park in the car park? you'd have been ok there" he said. Car park not queens highway therefor not liable for tax.
denisb said:
The offence is failure to display a valid tax disc so yes you could be done. However it would take a real jobsworth to do you, if you were reported I would go to the press so they could run a "haven't the police got anything better to do with their time" story.
Section 33 Vehicle Excise & Regsitration Act 1994 that deals with display of Licence clearly states that this only applies whilst the vehicle is on a Public Road i.e. one repairable at public expense - so some car parks etc will not apply. A private drive, unless the Council repair it does not qualify.
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ledfoot
don't push your luck, what these fackers will do, is tow your car to some god forsaken place, and charge you for the service. it nearly happened to me when i was on holiday, someone nicked the tax disk from my van after forcing a quarter light, then the council put an intention to remove warning, then some other toe rag jumped in before the council could act and removed my van, never to be seen again. it wasn't worth much, but i had just put a new mp3 cd/radio in it, so i wasn't exactly chuffed.
of course the person to blame is the thief, but if the council had checked with dvla, before advertising the fact my vehicle was dumped, it would still have been there when I got back from my holiday. Further to this the council did send someone to remove it, but it had already gone, so they don’t check with dvla at any stage
don't push your luck, what these fackers will do, is tow your car to some god forsaken place, and charge you for the service. it nearly happened to me when i was on holiday, someone nicked the tax disk from my van after forcing a quarter light, then the council put an intention to remove warning, then some other toe rag jumped in before the council could act and removed my van, never to be seen again. it wasn't worth much, but i had just put a new mp3 cd/radio in it, so i wasn't exactly chuffed.
of course the person to blame is the thief, but if the council had checked with dvla, before advertising the fact my vehicle was dumped, it would still have been there when I got back from my holiday. Further to this the council did send someone to remove it, but it had already gone, so they don’t check with dvla at any stage
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