Car Tax

[Jay-Aim]

If a car tax runs out on June 30th, up to when can the car be legally driven on the road.

In other words what's the grace period if any?

[monkeyhanger]

23:59:59 on June 30th i would think..

I stand to be corrected but the "period of grace" is a myth as far as i know...

>> Edited by monkeyhanger on Sunday 12th June 15:37

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monkeyhanger said:

23:59:59 on June 30th i would think.. I stand to be corrected but the "period of grace" is a myth as far as i know... >> Edited by monkeyhanger on Sunday 12th June 15:37

There is no period of grace!

[Dwight VanDriver]

Indeed correct gone. Grace went menopausal at 0001 on the 1st.

DVD

[greg2k]

In theory you have no grace but in practice it will be al least a week before plod will care. I went through an ANPR sting with the tax two days out of date and nobody bothered to pull me, drove into a local centre with about ten BIBs checking for expired tax and none of them cared, went into the post office to buy a disc and came out to a round of applause from them.

I guess you have to be careful in case you get pulled by a cop that takes a dislike to you though.

[Podie]

I'm off to Le Mans and my tax disc expires on the 30th... but I'm doing some touring, so not back till July.

Go to the post office, and there is a form you can fill out to sort out a tax disc, if the reminder has yet to arrive... V10 IIRC...

[Jay-Aim]

cheers guys

[Dwight VanDriver]

Podie said:

I'm off to Le Mans and my tax disc expires on the 30th... but I'm doing some touring, so not back till July. Go to the post office, and there is a form you can fill out to sort out a tax disc, if the reminder has yet to arrive... V10 IIRC...

Nothing to stop you renewing at PO after 16th of this month. If it is a continuation they allow 14 days before hand IIRC and only 2 days if there has been a break.

DVD

[busa_rush]

When I went to Australia I was away for 6 weeks - couldn't buy tax before leaving as it wasn't close enough to expiry date of existing tax. I asked them what I should do and they had no answer. So I drove without tax when I returned . . . it's an outdated syste that needs to be revised, especially as it's not spent on roads/transport anyway.