Tax Disc/M.O.T sticker

[WolliGog]

I`ve just got a new MOT via a mobile mechaniv that I used for a number of years. He insists that for my own sake, I should ALWAYS park the car on the correct side of the road so that the Tax & MOT discs are available for inspection from the pavement. I do realise that strictly speaking this has always been the case but he says that now it is being rigidly enforced and carries an �80. fine. He quotes various local main roads which have yielded hundreds of pounds in a few hours and also a one-way street where residents can no longer park right outside their home. Has anyone been been fined recently simply for parking facing the wrong way?

[Loosehead]

just got a new MOT, no disc though what's an MOT disc?

Never heard of this clamp down though, they are probably technically correct but sound a bit picky to me.

[stanleyman]

This doesn't sound as if it has anything to do with showing the tax disc and the MOT sticker from online stations which is voluntary and faces inside to remind the driver. There is no right to park and leaving or driving a vehicle which would be showing the wrong lights etc. on the wrong side is I believe an offence.

[dannydingbat]

Yes it is ana offence to park on the wrong side of the road at night. It's to do with lights and reflectors.

[mr_pointment]

sounds like a load of poppycock to me.i thought you could park facing any direction on a 30 mile per hour road.iv done it for years an had no complaint

[Grunty]

Danny is right. Vehicles must be parked as close as possible to the left hand kerb, except in one way streets. This only applies at night, unless some local authority has created a bylaw. The purpose is safety, not saving someone a walk of about five feet to read your tax disc.

[BillyNoMates]

Check your Highway Code - remember that ?

It states in there the rules about parking regarding lights, direction of parking at night etc.

[mr_pointment]

i eat my hat dannydingbat Grunty and BillyNoMates. spare me! lol. but surely WolliGogs being prehensivley (JOBSWORTHED,S)?

[tellboy]

DVLA Q Do I have to display the new MOT disc in the windscreen of my vehicle?

A No. It is not compulsory to display the MOT disc at present. There is the intention to introduce compulsary display at a later date. Therefore, we would encourage you to display your disc now

[dannydingbat]

Nobody may have complained but, along with lots of other stuff in the Highway Code, failure to observe it may mean you are in a defensive position if an accident was caused. The MOT in the window thing is a prerequisite to doing away with road tax and putting the money on the price of petrol. The only reason they are still issuing tax discs is because that's the only way to make sure that MOTs and insurance operate in respect of vehicles (at least on one day a year!).

[WolliGog]

Thanks for all your answers. I was a bit sceptical, but now I know I can safely ignore it.

[kepla]

Well this has got me worried ! Not the parking thing - that's pretty obvious from a quick glance in the highway code - but the MOT disc thing. First is the isse of being expected to clutter-up my windscreen with another silly sticker. Oddly enough I like to see where I am going ! The greater worry is that 'they' will use the abolition of the Tax disc to avoid using ANY of our 'road fund license' on decent roads. Us poor motorists get a rough enough deal already - we pay more than enough to have fantastic roads but only get crap ones. And then put up the price of petrol ? What - even more ?