Paper tax disc, no longer required to be displayed

Quentin

Tilt wrote: »

I think that there should be something on the screen to show that the car is road legal.

How is a booby on the beat or a pcso/ceo going to detect parked cars that are uninsured/untaxed?

At present simply not having a disc on the screen doesn't mean the car is untaxed or uninsured does it?

They use what the computer says for that. (And boobys on the beat need good bras.)

Tilt

Quentin wrote: »

At present simply not having a disc on the screen doesn't mean the car is untaxed or uninsured does it?

They use what the computer says for that. (And boobys on the beat need good bras.)

No but it certainly gives you a clue. If a car is displaying a tax disc which is say, 2 months + out of date, it follows that it's probably uninsured as well.

I think it will increase the amount of drivers who buy second hand cars and fail to register them in their names.

In my opinion, it's a bad idea.

pulliptears

I'm guessing the offence of 'failure to display' will be wiped out totally as well.

Call me paranoid but if I park up and the car next to me has a very out of date tax disk there is a reasonable chance I'll move my own car. I tend to assume (rightly or wrongly) that failure to bother to stick the bit of paper in the window probably shows a lacklustre attitude towards those little things like MOT's and Insurance.

That said I do prefer the look of a car without the disk.

Stoke

Quentin wrote: »

I am suprised Burslem's pubs are full of city and united fans. Are you sure you haven't misinterpreted?

(What happened to hanging mangoes?)

I was actually talking about Vale fans