https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/9744312/Death-of-the-car-tax-disc-as-DVLA-records-become-digitised.html 

has its benifits - mainly more money for fat cats holidays

just means average jo cant tell if a car needs reporting without computer access

thems who dont care will find it easier to buy / driver a car un taxed / insured

it may be getting less and less but there the ones who cause most of the problems.


also lots more of the ' didnt ralise officer' with people tring to get an extra month.

Mmmm!!! Don't know about that billy,i don't generally go around grassing people up for tax evasion.

say you lived on a narrow street , 1 parking space per house

the neigbours are from hell ,noisy , and a total nightmare.

they decided to get a car for all 4 family members , 4 cars , 4 spaces , you have to park in the next street, you see that all the cars are untaxed , disc's are at least 2 months out of date , they dont move the car when your about and you have to continually park in the next steet , car out of view .

and you are more than happy to let your neigbours from hell flout the law pay no tax ect because your a good abiding citezen and need some exercise, they may even crash into your car and drive off , oh well you can claim on your own insurance?

i would be tempted!

Blimey!!Put like that,i think i'd move house:wink:

Would be good if the government put some of the income generated from our road and transport related industries back into re surfacing the roads properly!

Car tax
Tax on fuel
Vat on car repairs and parts etc.

It all goes into the big pot!

New houses have to have adequate off-road parking. Most of the new-ish houses where I live have garages and a driveway but, people fill the garage with crap or turn them into a room and then insist on parking on the road, right outside their house!

I drive 35 miles to work and it takes me an hour each way. We should have a 'national no parking on main roads day' and watch all the traffic free-up! :d

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In Japan i think if you do not have an off road parking place at home then you are not allowed to owne a car.


Andy W

Wonder what happened to the old suggestion.....Put a penny a litre on the cost of fuel and scrap the road tax system.

Car's with an engine size over 660cc I believe you have to have a parking place, but I think this only applies in towns and cities. Thats why 'Kei' cars are so popular in Japan, they also avoid certain taxes I think.

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So if those 4 family members had a tax disc for each of their 4 cars you would be guaranteed a parking space in 'your' street? The fact of the matter is that if you live along a public road, then anyone with a car that is legal is entitled to park where parking is allowed, and if that individual has to share a building with 6 others why do you think they do not have that right? As my signature indicates, we have several vehicles, which at times we park along 'my' road. All but one is tax exempt, which particulary annoys my neighbour who says we shouldn't park on 'his' side of the road. So much so that he decided that he also had the 'right' to kick the side of our Morris parked on 'his' side of the road, leaving a substantial and costly dent. And this neighbour also says our old Beetles are ugly and noisy.

People should of course pay their road tax where there is a fee, but in this highly over-taxed country I for one would not report anyone that thinks that they can avoid it. They may desperately need their car to get to that low-paid job to feed the family, but cannot find £150+ for road tax.

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It looks as though the last tax discs will bear the expiry date 8/15, now their end has been confirmed. So if you've a continuously taxed Beetle with all the old discs, don't miss the final one to complete the set.:wink:

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