Car tax disc to be axed after 93 years

AlexLK

Richard53 wrote: »

Same here. When you look at them properly, they are actually rather attractive bits of utility art.

Can't say I like what they've done with the MOT certificates as of late, either.

Does anybody know if it would be illegal to display an old tax disc in a car? I have a 1967 Triumph and will maybe display it's original tax disc when I no longer have to put a new one in the holder. Might find age appropriate ones for our Land Rover and BMW too.

james_joyce

Iceweasel wrote: »

I had look at this whole thing again so would I be right in saying that The Road Fund was abolished in 1936 by Winston Churchill, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Any other corrections?

I'm happy to be corrected as I always thought it was 1937.

Churchill stopped being Chancellor in 1929, although apparently when he was in office he did start the process, that eventually led to the Road Fund being abolished. Neville Chamberlain was Chancellor in 1936.

custardy

arcon5 wrote: »

So where shall the masses find the money to buy new expensive cars with no ved to pay then replace every couple of years to avoid heavy bills come mot time? As well as not using fuel to get to work every day.

Well thats called life. However whining about having car specific taxes that others dont(may not) pay are pointless. Either pay them or change to not have to pay them.

Joe_Horner wrote: »

It's working perfectly, thanks.

It was you who quoted my post pointing out that motorists (which, incidentally, include motorcyclists by definition) pay more than the whole cost of the road system, leaving nothing for cyclists (as per normal useage, the pedal powered type) to pay, and used that to launch some spurious point about cars v motorbikes.

Where do you get your leathers tailored to fit that (well established) chip on your shoulder btw?

I never mentioned motorbikes,you did.

What you did say was.....

But to say that the cyclist is paying for the roads just because all the motorists' money is put into a pot with theirs before some of it's pulled out for roads (still leaving more than the cyclists' money in the pot) is at very best a cheap accounting trick!

So now you say motorists pay for the whole of the road system?
even if you had figures to support this,so what?

Aretnap

AlexLK wrote: »

Can't say I like what they've done with the MOT certificates as of late, either.

Does anybody know if it would be illegal to display an old tax disc in a car? I have a 1967 Triumph and will maybe display it's original tax disc when I no longer have to put a new one in the holder. Might find age appropriate ones for our Land Rover and BMW too.

Currently the law provides for regulations making it illegal to display anything which could reasonably be mistaken for an excise licence, which I suppose would probably preclude displaying an out of date disc in addition a valid one (though I can't find the exact wording of the regulations, so I could be mistaken). However I expect that whole section will be repealed when the tax disc is scrapped, and if it is there'll be nothing to stop you displaying an old tax disc.

seven-day-weekend

When we lived in Spain and had a Spanish-plated car, we were surprised to find that you did not have to display anything to say you had paid your Road Tax (although you did have to produce the receipt from the Bank if asked). What we had stuck on the windscreen was a little rectangular sticker of coloured plastic to say that your car had a valid MOT.

I think this new scheme seems OK, with less admin costs, providing you make sure (as we did in Spain), that you have valid proof of payment. A Bank Statement showing your payment/s should suffice.

roddydogs

Shame, I always enjoyed trying to get a perfect circle when pulling the licence away from the other bit, never did manage it in 55 years. Still, Ill have one more try left.

Norman_Castle

sinbad182 wrote: »

Except car users pay more towards the overall kitty than bicycle users due to the additional tax added to vehicle ownership.

I suspect he pays more to the overall kitty than you.

sinbad182

Sorry, is that meant to form some kind of counter argument?

Norman_Castle

sinbad182 wrote: »

Sorry, is that meant to form some kind of counter argument?

Assuming someone pays less tax because they are a cyclist is nonsense.

WTFH

To solve all the fears about accidents where the other driver has no tax, why don't we adopt the French method. You don't display a tax disc, you display an insurance ticket.
I, as a member of he public, do not care if the guy who just hit me has a tax disk. I'm not going to be putting a claim against his tax disc. What I care about is if I am in an accident, is the other guy insured.