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15th April 2015 #1
Drivers caught out by new tax rules
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15th April 2015 #2
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I don't know about 'unwittingly'. Surely drivers who have enough brain power to operate a vehicle, should hopefully also have enough to keep up with the latest motoring regulations.
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15th April 2015 #3
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100% agree.
From the article the DVLA state:-
"The changes have been widely publicised and we write to every vehicle keeper to remind them of the new rules before the vehicle tax expires.
"We also write to every new vehicle keeper when they buy a used vehicle to inform them that they must tax the vehicle before they use it.
"In addition, if a driver does not tax their car we will send a warning letter to remind them to tax as they are at risk of enforcement action."
Maybe they 'unwittingly' forgot to inform the DVLA that they were the new owners of the vehicle.
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15th April 2015 #4
still though why should DVLA keep the tax already paid by the previous owner, surely if it can no longer be used by the new owner then the previous owner should be refunded
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15th April 2015 #7
At least it's part of the NHS funding!
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15th April 2015 #9
If you buy a secondhand car though and get insurance that day it can take about 24 hours to show up on the motor insurance database that is used for the police ANPR system and I think what the DVLA use to check if the car is insured for road tax. So does that mean you cant legally drive the car home if bought and you cant buy the tax online yet. Can you still go to a post office ?
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15th April 2015 #11
Drivers are getting caught out, are they? Frankly, I'm not unduly surprised ... because - contrary to what Graham says, and Terpe fully agrees with - I'd always been under the impression valid tax discs were automatically transferable to the new owners when vehicles were sold privately.
Moreover, I wouldn't necessarily concur either with Graham's statement implying anyone who's deemed fit to drive ought to have sufficient savvy to keep abreast of the latest motoring regulations. Many simply don't ... as is patently obvious from the sheer number of fools we witness using British roads every single day.
But ... there again ... ... I've never been a [qualified] driver!
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16th April 2015 #13
the disc is tax for the motor, not the driver
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