Tightening up insurance rules.

goldspanners

right ok,for those of you that have taken me literally (pedants) i didn't mean the whole DVLA, maybe just the (was going to say road tax,but due to the fear of being picked up on it i'll say) VED arm of the DVLA,just the part that issues the excise disc.

this would save the country a few quid in administration,would it not?

goldspanners

PsiDOC wrote: »

So does this mean I hve to go to my insurance company to change the address on my driving licence then?

you've mistaken me,it doesn't mean anything, i don't actually make any decisions on the DVLA i'm just thinking out loud,so don't pester your insurance company about changing your address on your licence on the account of me.

paddedjohn

I can see one big gaping problem with this change, when you buy a new car and try and sell the old one through the small ads/internet, unless you can afford to insure it while its on your drive then you will be selling it with no tax, this means the buyer will have to tax it before they can take it. Easy enough with the insurance as this can be done over the phone but if its a weekend, when most people are off work and have time to look for a new car, then the post offices are closed(apart for sat am) so they would have to wait till a weekday to collect it.

Also the dvla will be making extra cash as they dont refund part months but they do charge for a full month even if you buy a disc half way through.

wba31

mustrum_ridcully wrote: »

Most people don't buy their tax disc direct from the DVLA they go to the post office (plenty buy online but I very much doubt it's the majority). So instead of getting a disc at the post office it would arrive with the insurance certificate.

The DVLA would still be responsible for administering driving licences and vehicle registrations. It might become smaller but it would still exist.

How would that work for me when my insurance is due June 1 and my tax is due for August 1, because i sold my old car and bought a new one 2 months into a policy, and simply changed the car on my policy so the 12 months policies dont align? or would i, in that case, have been given tax for 10 months so it catches up with my insurance?