New car does not have a tax disc

smashingyour...

colino wrote: »

The law has been changed for a 14 day exemption (display) to cover just this case. It's hardly an improvement though. Whereas a couple of months ago the Merc dealer would have had a tax disc on hand to print off, the new, shrinking, DVLA is trying to retain an importance by holding all tax disc stocks and posting them out. When DVLA is truly privatised (it was "agencyised" long ago) look out for more self-serving improvements.

Noted, thanks.

Strider590

smashingyour... wrote: »

Common sense should kick in so it would be down to the attitude test.

Has a Merc driver ever passed the attitude test?
I can't imagine that being inconvenienced by the "plebs" is something most Merc drivers would take kindly to :rotfl:

marleyboy

Picked up our brand new S-Max yesterday, minus a tax disc, we were given a cover note and explained that local DVLA centres were being closed. as it currently stands, we have been given a covernote to cover car until disc arrives in the post. Your not alone OP.

Gees

The AFRL system that was in place for dealerships licensing new vehicles changed on the 22nd July last. As of this date no dealerships hold licence discs for issue.

Upon a new vehicle being registered through a dealership, the supplying dealer is given the option to either have the disc sent directly to the end user or to the dealership. As a customer buying a new car you should have been advised.

It is correct that you can drive only newly registered vehicles for 14 days without displaying a tax disc. However if 8 days have passed and you still haven’t received your disc then there are some 400 post offices who will issue you with a duplicate tax disc providing you present your V5, which tend to arrive within a few days of registration.

jimjames

andygb wrote: »

When I hear stories like this, it just reinforces my view of the UK and its "laws".
This is a brand new car.
The dealer has taxed the vehicle but the tax disc has not arrived.
The car is therefore legal in every way IMO.
Sadly the powers that be do not wish to take a "common sense" approach to the situation, and the police could well stop the driver and have him/her prosecuted for failing to display.
Do we really have to take this stupidity from people who should know better, as if life is not complicated enough?
No wonder this country is going down the pan, when law abiding citizens can be preosecuted on a technicality, and criminals are let off every day:mad:

End of rant;)

If you read the above link then you'll see that as of 23 July the rules changed and there is no offence driving a new car for uip to 14 days without a tax disc

marleyboy

Aretnap

spacey2012 wrote: »

The penalty is £200 for EACH ticket you receive for EACH offence.

The fixed penalty (ie ticket) is £60. £200 is the MAXIMUM fine should it go to court - which wouldn't happen if you paid the fixed penalty.

Having no tax can result in clamping, big penalties, back payment of tax etc, but failing to display the disc is not the same as having no tax at all. In any event it seems the law has just changed so he's OK to drive without displaying the disc.

Tigsteroonie

marleyboy wrote: »

Picked up our brand new S-Max yesterday, minus a tax disc, we were given a cover note and explained that local DVLA centres were being closed. as it currently stands, we have been given a covernote to cover car until disc arrives in the post. Your not alone OP.

Further to this: we picked up the car on Thursday afternoon, and our new tax disc arrived this morning (Saturday) - so not too long to wait.

softuk

The issue of not having a tax disc on a new car is proving a real problem for me, as we are going on holiday in the car, and will be away until well after the 14 calendar days grace have expired.
Clearly no one at the DVLA thought of that when they put this new system into place!

anotherbaldrick

The fact that the Police were clueless as to the legal situation is par for the course.