Police Warning Notice - No Tax

hewhoisnotintheknow

stick it back on and forget about it

flutterbyuk25

Debt_Free_Chick wrote: »

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AFAIK the tax disc simply has to be "displayed" - it does not have to be fixed to the windscreen .... does it?

Actually it does (if it's a car, with a windscreen)...taken from direct.gov.uk/motoring

Display your tax disc


Display a tax disc on the passenger side (kerb side) of the vehicle’s windscreen. If there’s no windscreen or you have a motorcycle or sidecar, display the tax disc on the kerb side of the vehicle.

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alanrowell

Just count yourself lucky it wasn't a fine and get a new holder - round my way they've been CLAMPING cars without a valid tax disc showing

Pete268

Hi,

The form you got was probably a CLA2/6 (or equivalent). They can be issued by Police Officers, Traffic Wardens and PCSO's. (take your pick!).

Its unlikely the DVLA will persue it if you have valid tax, but as stated above it should be clearly displayed on windscreen. I would get a new holder asap. if the DVLA had happened to have been out and about you may have got clamped!

LandyAndy

Debt_Free_Chick wrote: »

It was displayed. It was clearly visible on the dashboard. All of the details could be read, including the vehicle reg and the expiry date. It was placed where it has been for the past 9 or so months. The officer simply didn't look - I suspect he saw the mark on the windscreen and simply jumped to a conclusion ... the wrong one.

AFAIK the tax disc simply has to be "displayed" - it does not have to be fixed to the windscreen .... does it?

I think it does, and more specifically to the nearside.

MrsLA was once stopped because the tax disc was on the offside and the busy advised her to move it to the nearside.:rolleyes:

LandyAndy

Get one of these.

http://www.focusdiy.co.uk/invt/197371 and widely available elsewhere.

They're brilliant because the removable back doesn't disturb the bit stuck to the screen.

JoeyG

Thanks for reminding me

Mine fell off months ago, keep meaning to look for it but always forget!
Just checked and its due for renewal in a few weeks, lucky I saw this thread

Debt_Free_Chick

LandyAndy wrote: »

Get one of these.

http://www.focusdiy.co.uk/invt/197371 and widely available elsewhere.

They're brilliant because the removable back doesn't disturb the bit stuck to the screen.

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I've got a magnetic one. But the inside ring didn't fix "permanently to the windscreen". That's the bit that's dropped off and I need to re-affix it. Going to try that "glass bond" that you use to fix the glass door on an oven, to the housing.

:T :T :T

ariba10

I remember being told by a police officer many years ago that

"It must be displayed on the nearside of the windscreen at a height so that it can be easily read be those having lawful authority to do so"

spaceman5

Debt_Free_Chick wrote: »

It was displayed. It was placed where it has been for the past 9 or so months

sorry to be pedantic, but in your original post you said it expires 30/07/09, so that means you can not have had the disk for longer than 3 months, so how can it have been there for the last 9 months?, Dave