14 replies to this topic

[ianpettifer]

hey

i have taxed my car but have lost my tax disc
so i went to work as usual and today got a fixed penalty notice
what do i do?
pay up? £60 bad times or can i appeal?

thanks

[daemonchild]

You're being fined for "not displaying the tax" not "not having it".
So I'm guessing there isn't much appeal...

Edited by daemonchild, 07 July 2009 - 07:21 PM.

[minidaves]

did you report the loss? and did you apply for another tax disc?

if not then defo tuff pay the fine and put it to experiance as its an offence not to display a tax disc, however if you have reported the loss and applied for another disc, contest it

dave

[ferrit]

As above, your fine is for not displaying a valid RFL disc, which is an offence in its own right. You only defence would be if you were displaying it which would be a bugger to prove. Pay up I am afraid.

[ferrit]

did you report the loss? and did you apply for another tax disc?

if not then defo tuff pay the fine and put it to experiance as its an offence not to display a tax disc, however if you have reported the loss and applied for another disc, contest it

dave

i dont think this gets you out of the mire nowadays, as you can tax your car instantly online but until the disc arrives through the post you cannot drive it on the public highway.

[m1tch]

The fine can be up to £200, says so on the tax disk

[mrbridger]

Who issued the Fixy? The Police or the council or the DVLA?
Its usually the policy that when a police officer sees a car which isn't displaying a vehicle exise licence, then what's called a CLE26 ticket is issued to the car and a report is made to the DVLA.

The offence is failing to display.
Were you on a road?

[mk=john]

Who issued the Fixy? The Police or the council or the DVLA?
Its usually the policy that when a police officer sees a car which isn't displaying a vehicle exise licence, then what's called a CLE26 ticket is issued to the car and a report is made to the DVLA.

The offence is failing to display.
Were you on a road?

Did you know, that even fopr historic vehicles it is an offence not to display a tax disc, even though you pay nothing for it!! The other week i was stopped by a police officer at Toddington services on the M1 in my 1966 Cooper. I had the tax disc on the front parcel tray, just forgot to display but he just gave me a friendly reminder that it is an offence....but he let me go seeing as I had it with me.

[daemonchild]

Who issued the Fixy? The Police or the council or the DVLA?
Its usually the policy that when a police officer sees a car which isn't displaying a vehicle exise licence, then what's called a CLE26 ticket is issued to the car and a report is made to the DVLA.

The offence is failing to display.
Were you on a road?

Did you know, that even fopr historic vehicles it is an offence not to display a tax disc, even though you pay nothing for it!! The other week i was stopped by a police officer at Toddington services on the M1 in my 1966 Cooper. I had the tax disc on the front parcel tray, just forgot to display but he just gave me a friendly reminder that it is an offence....but he let me go seeing as I had it with me.

Do you have to get a new one each year too?

[Cooperman]

Yes, a new one every year. I love going into my local post office and saying "I'd like a free tax disc for my car please!" Then I hand over the documents proving it's a 1964 car.

[mk=john]

Who issued the Fixy? The Police or the council or the DVLA?
Its usually the policy that when a police officer sees a car which isn't displaying a vehicle exise licence, then what's called a CLE26 ticket is issued to the car and a report is made to the DVLA.

The offence is failing to display.
Were you on a road?

Did you know, that even fopr historic vehicles it is an offence not to display a tax disc, even though you pay nothing for it!! The other week i was stopped by a police officer at Toddington services on the M1 in my 1966 Cooper. I had the tax disc on the front parcel tray, just forgot to display but he just gave me a friendly reminder that it is an offence....but he let me go seeing as I had it with me.

Do you have to get a new one each year too?

Yes, or declare SORN like any other car. Basically, the tax disc for historic vehicles is an indiator that MOT & insurance were valid at the time it was acquired, and also shows that the vehicle is indeed historic as far as the DVLA are concerned.

[bmcecosse]

Try arguing that it had fallen off the screen due to the extreme heat - and was lying on the floor all the time. You 'may' get some sympathy! by the way - With on-line TAX you ARE now allowed to use the car until the disc arrives - says so in the web site. But I assume you are expected to display the old 'just out of date' disc until the new one arrives.

[huntface]

There was a guy on the radio a few years ago, Mike Dickin (he's dead now) who almost every week in his motoring section would say he kept getting letters and getting tickets saying 'failure to display' on his mk 1 Land Rover

Each time he said "I either ignore them or tell them I don't need one as its 25 years old."

Of course he was wrong on two counts..........he never use to take my calls pointing out his mistakes/lies

Edited by huntface, 07 July 2009 - 10:17 PM.

[998dave]

As above, it's failure to display, so no real defence.

My question would be, where else had you put it, surely you buy a tax disc, fit it to the car, and leave it there until it runs out?

Dave

[Billy Rubin]

....as above, it is important who issued this ticket.

DVLA or Police - no real way out
Local Council - the ticket may well be flawed (an awful lot are) and therefore unenforcable
Private company - utter tosh you can ignore.