Will Even More Drive Around Untaxed Now?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2518477/Death-tax-disc-You-wont-need-windscreen-pay.html

[tonyav]

Theres a couple of threads going on at the moment about this aog.

[boxtops]

No - the police and parking people don't look at the discs these days, they look up all the information electronically.

[sir.prize]

. . . and if the vehicle has false numberplates?

[EcclesCake]

With the amount ANPR cameras fixed and mobile I would suggest the answer is 'No'.

Given the number of ANPR cameras the Government has presumably decided that it is an effective way of reducing the number of vehicles who haven't paid VED, have out of date MOTs, insurance etc and they can do away with the unnecessary administrative costs and use the money elsewhere.

[youngmafbog]

false numberplates (unless a duplicated one) will show up too.

Probably easier these days to print a false disc if you are of a mind to.

[bookbinder]

Many years ago, I heard a (probably urban myth) tale about people who put Guiness bottle labels on their windscreens instead of tax discs. All the fun has been taken out of that, now.

[mikey4444]

I thinks its a great idea. This is the 21st century, and its about time we ditched these daft bits of paper.

By the way, I don't think you can use a Guinness label as a Tax Disc any more !

[bednobs]

glad to see that someone finally listened to my 2008 rant! http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Motoring/Question513933.html

[LazyGun]

@bedknobs you evidently have your hands on the levers of power. Impressive. I am going to try of think of things we can use your influence for! :)

[ummmm]

You're way ahead of your time, bednobs! :-)

[anotheoldgit]

Yes but surely the tax disc is an immediate recognisable device, policeman or traffic warden for example, walking down a row of parked cars can now glance casually and notice if a tax disc is displayed, without the need to scan each and every individual number plate and then wait for the results to come back.

[EcclesCake]

I wonder how many cars a traffic warden can walk past versus the number of cars that can pass a ANPR camera and get flagged.

[mikey4444]

Policemen "walking around" aog ? Last one I saw walking around was in Dock Green. They have BMWs and Volvos now you know !

[anotheoldgit]

I wonder if there will now be any need to display a blue badge, or will the disabled now be able to register with the licensing authorities so as to have their details added along with all the others?

Surely that would be stop many physically able drivers parking in disabled parking bays?

[youngmafbog]

I'm sure it will come AOG.

Unless the Luddite Unions start protesting about the jobs of their comrades I thin we could see many changes in this area.

[LazyGun]

The Traffic Wardens point is a valid one, I think. They do stroll about looking at car windows, and if they are involved in policing car tax and issuing fines/warnings about not having paid the correct vehicle duty that does sound like a valid concern, given they do not have access ( I assume) to the licence database.

[youngmafbog]

And less revenue for the Royal mail !

Wonder if GO knew this before he flogged it?

[anotheoldgit]

mikey4444

/// Policemen "walking around" aog ? Last one I saw walking around was in Dock Green. ///

Live in a 'no-go' area do you mikey? because I often see policemen and community policemen walking around.

[boxtops]

There are PCSOs and traffic wardens in our street regularly

[youngmafbog]

Lazy, unless the car is prety much abandoned (which one can report by smart phone these days) it will have driven there. As pointed out a ANPR can scan much faster than a traffic warden and would have caught it well before, called the tow truck and had it impounded before the TW could get his pen out!