Road Tax - Insurance

Unless you are an 18 year old who has just passed his test.

In message , Mortimer writes

This isn't a bad idea, but it's probably unnecessary. As long as you have you renewed your tax (well, certainly if you have done it online), you can now 'fail to display' the new disc in the first 5 days of the new month.

Obviously, if you do have the new disc with you, it would help to put it in the holder at the earliest opportunity when it becomes valid. When I get mine, I pop it in the holder behind the expiring disc, so it's always at hand to swap over as soon as the new month starts. As yet, I haven't forgotten to swap it on the 1st.

ISTR there are regulations about displaying tax discs (as discussed elsewhere here) which prohibit displaying *two* simultaneously

In message , Jethro writes

Rubbish!

Yebbut is it? Has anyone *ever* been fined for displaying a tax disc too early (assuming they did previously have a tax disc which was valid at the time)?

FFS, another anal pedant.

Who gives a s*it about the technicalities? I've always displayed my new tax disc as soon as I get it, usually 2 weeks early, and have been doing so for the last

Just because no one has heard of it doesn't mean it hasn't happened.

You're confusing what is, or is not, legal with getting nicked for it. "Failing to display" is such a minor offence that most coppers wouldn't bother unless there was no tax at all on the vehicle.

Well it's not something I'm going to worry about until I hear of a few cases where it's happened.

Hopefully the first of those won't be you.

I'm driving around at the moment with by 31/3/10 disc on display - I'll let you know if I get nicked...

I would think that the "Conditions may apply" clause would take care of that circumstance. :)

Actually neither is correct, he should have written 30/4/10

On Mar 28, 5:20 pm, Ian Jackson

If people get into the habit of waiting 5 working days before they have to get around to swapping their disc they will end up forgetting after the 5 days have passed.

I'm interested to know if the particular section of the law has been officially commenced, I couldn't find a commencement order for it.