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Jun 9 2012, 11:25 AM
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Hi I may be treading on some toes here,but ,whilst in the Retail Park yesterday,between Homebase & Instore I saw two cars,both displaying out of date tax discs,1 of which was a 2010 reg Audi. I would have thought that being able to renew online now there should be no excuse. I didn't take the numbers as I had nothing to write with,& the grey cells aren't what they used to be Would anyone have bothered to take it further?
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Jun 9 2012, 11:29 AM
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QUOTE (bonnie @ Jun 9 2012, 12:25 PM) Hi I may be treading on some toes here,but ,whilst in the Retail Park yesterday,between Homebase & Instore I saw two cars,both displaying out of date tax discs,1 of which was a 2010 reg Audi. I would have thought that being able to renew online now there should be no excuse. I didn't take the numbers as I had nothing to write with,& the grey cells aren't what they used to be Would anyone have bothered to take it further? The DVLA do patrol some car parks and if they find an untaxed vehicle they clamp it. Not sure what happens then. Presume you have to pay a fine and recovery fee plus the unpaid licence fee? If you want to take it further you can do it here.
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Jun 9 2012, 11:57 AM
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QUOTE (bonnie @ Jun 9 2012, 12:25 PM) Hi I may be treading on some toes here,but ,whilst in the Retail Park yesterday,between Homebase & Instore I saw two cars,both displaying out of date tax discs,1 of which was a 2010 reg Audi. I would have thought that being able to renew online now there should be no excuse. I didn't take the numbers as I had nothing to write with,& the grey cells aren't what they used to be Would anyone have bothered to take it further? I think you should mind your own business! What difference does it make it to you? They may well have been taxed on line and not yet recieved the discs, it could be a genuine oversight or perhaps the vehicles had just been purchased and were on their way home? I know the law is to display it, but does something so trivial really require your intervention? I can kind of see why you might raise an eyebrow, benefit fraud really annoys me and I guess this could be considered similar, but to answer your question, no I would not take it further.
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Jun 9 2012, 12:03 PM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Jun 9 2012, 12:57 PM) I think you should mind your own business! What difference does it make it to you? They may well have been taxed on line and not yet recieved the discs, it could be a genuine oversight or perhaps the vehicles had just been purchased and were on their way home? I know the law is to display it, but does something so trivial really require your intervention? I can kind of see why you might raise an eyebrow, benefit fraud really annoys me and I guess this could be considered similar, but to answer your question, no I would not take it further. The difference it can make is that often untaxed vehicles are uninsured and have no MOT which is a problem if they hit you. If the tax is only a few days out of date then, yes, I agree with you but if it is well out of date then there is usually an underlying issue.
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Jun 9 2012, 12:08 PM
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QUOTE (Biker1 @ Jun 9 2012, 01:03 PM) The difference it can make is that often untaxed vehicles are uninsured and have no MOT which is a problem if they hit you. If the tax is only a few days out of date then, yes, I agree with you but if it is well out of date then there is usually an underlying issue. IF they are uninsured then I agree that would be a problem, but how do you know that, it's a bit like seeing a car with a bulb out and calling the fuzz, totally unnecessary. Uninsured drivers have increased I think that can be taken as fact, but I don't think snooping around will solve the problem though.
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Jun 9 2012, 12:10 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jun 9 2012, 01:04 PM) The spiteful amongst us might though. What is this Nazi Germany: To be honest I would probably do nothing also. I don't even bother to look at people's tax discs. Up to the authorities I think?
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Jun 9 2012, 12:10 PM
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If people are deliberately not taxing their vehicles then it's possible they don't have insurance either, which is much more serious. Either way, if people are evading tax in this way, then that's more that the rest of us have to pay. As for not having received the discs yet, it depends how much out of date the existing ones were. Mine came through in a couple of days. If it was more than a couple of months out of date, then yes, I would probably report it. But then again, I probably wouldn't get round to it. Edit: I didn't see Biker1's post before posting this, which makes much the same points.
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Jun 9 2012, 04:44 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jun 9 2012, 02:20 PM) That sounds about right form our Gestapo. £60.00 for a victimless crime. I wonder sometimes who won the war. I think £60 is plenty fair enough, I along with the vast majority of people pay for their tax, why should those that are too lazy or cannot be bothered to renew it be allowed to get away with it?
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