Car tax not arrived.

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The tax on the car runs out at midnight tonight, I purchased the tax last Tuesday but it has not arrived.

I have moved the car off road, the DVLA said that is fine as the car is taxed.

Is that correct or am i going to get nasty fine?
 
OldCoals said:
The tax on the car runs out at midnight tonight, I purchased the tax last Tuesday but it has not arrived.

I have moved the car off road, the DVLA said that is fine as the car is taxed.

Is that correct or am i going to get nasty fine?
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You won't get the automated fine, I guess there's a chance you might get nabbed for failure to display if you're driving about but I'm sure any reasonable copper would check up on it first.
 
Cuchulain said:
You won't get the automated fine, I guess there's a chance you might get nabbed for failure to display if you're driving about but I'm sure any reasonable copper would check up on it first.
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Cheers for that, it is parked off road and it will not be driven until it does turn up.
 
You can legally drive the car for 5 days after the expiration of the tax disc provided you purchased it online before the expiration of the tax disc.

There is no need to not use the car, no need to park it off the road and unlike the misinformed posts above there is no chance you will be done for failure to display.

DVLA has found that towards the end of the month, many motorists taxing their vehicle online or by phone do not complete the transaction when they realise that their tax disc may not be received in time for the 1st of the following month. As a result, from the 1st of September 2008, those buying their vehicle tax online, by phone or by post will be able to legally continue to drive their vehicles for up to 5 days while they wait for their new tax disc to arrive. This will only apply where the new tax disc has been applied for before the current one expires and motorists should continue to display the expired disc on their vehicle, until the new one arrives.
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[TW]Fox;20448947 said:
You can legally drive the car for 7 days after the expiration of the tax disc provided you purchased it online before the expiration of the tax disc.

There is no need to not use the car, no need to park it off the road and unlike the misinformed posts above there is no chance you will be done for failure to display.
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Fair enough. :D
 
As Fox says.

You could always print out the e-mail conformation the DVLA send to you, I do this just in case.
That said, the chances of a copper even bothering to check the disc visually in this computerised age are virtually nil imo - if it flags up as taxed on his in car computer, I'm sure he would be happy.

I would imagine most Police are aware of the period of grace not to mention having more important things to do.....
 
Fox, you either have a photographic memory or you read all these stuff while you are on the bog daily :p

Either way, I am impressed!
 
[TW]Fox;20451115 said:
Incase what, a space alien changes the law?
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No, so you could show it to a Special Constable who thinks he's in the right when ,as you know as well as I,plainly, he's in the wrong.

I say this as my Dad (retired magistrate) had just such a run in with a "special" a few months back when his tax had expired but his on-line ordered replacement had not yet arrived, he kept the conformation email in the car just in case just such a situation arose - low & behold it did - hence me taking a leaf out of his book & doing the same.

Not required cartainly, but it saved my old man a bit of hassle when confronted by an ********!
 
I've driven around with an out of date disk in the window for a few days in the past while i was waiting for the new one to come, you'll be fine as it will be taxed if you go through an ANPR. Its only in the very unlikely event of a copper actually looking in your windscreen and even then as said you have 5 days grace.
 
[TW]Fox;20448947 said:
.... there is no chance you will be done for failure to display.
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Apart from when you get a ticket from some clown who doesn't bother checking and just slaps a ticket on the car when he sees an out of date disc....
 
Cuchulain said:
Shhh. He's always right, his internets say so.
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No, he's right because the DVLA say so. If someone "slapped a ticket" on the car (who would do this, just out of interest?) then the fine would be rejected because the DVLA clearly state that you have a 5 day grace period if you have ordered tax online.

Compare receipt from online tax purchase with date of fine, and hey presto - no fine.
 
Lopéz said:
No, he's right because the DVLA say so. If someone "slapped a ticket" on the car (who would do this, just out of interest?) then the fine would be rejected because the DVLA clearly state that you have a 5 day grace period if you have ordered tax online.

Compare receipt from online tax purchase with date of fine, and hey presto - no fine.
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Apart from having to go home, type out a letter, print out a copy of the receipt email, drive up to the local cop shop, pass the letter over and generally waste time.

Wait a week and receive a letter when they graciously tell us they will take "no further action".

Apart from that, yeah, never happens.
 
SB118 said:
Apart from having to go home, type out a letter, print out a copy of the receipt email, drive up to the local cop shop, pass the letter over and generally waste time.

Wait a week and receive a letter when they graciously tell us they will take "no further action".
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It's hardly a day's solid graft at the coal face is it?
 
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