One for the Traffic police

[discowoman]

Recently brought a MK1 Pajero - that was on Disabled tax...now the previous owner has removed the disk BUT my question is , can I still park on a road (its MOT'd and Insured) but not display a disk? checked on the ASKMID site as well as DVLA and its still down as taxed?
Very confused......
ps cant tax it until the Log book comes back from DVLA with ammended details - ie PLG ;)

[insa-disco]

from my understanding you have to display a valid tax disc to be able to park in public places, its the same as ordering your tax online, you can drive the car as it comes up as taxed but still cant park coz its not displaying a valid tax disc, hope that helps

[Gordo]

There are two offences relating to road tax, and the one you'd be guilty of is failure to display - a £200 fine.

You'll also have to change the tax category unless you're also entitied to the disability class.

HTH :)

[K9Jim]

There are two offences relating to road tax, and the one you'd be guilty of is failure to display - a £200 fine.


HTH :)

sorry not totally correct.
any vehicle which is driven / used / parked on a road or public place must display a valid vehicle excise licence. unless it is off the road in which case you must declare it SORN
there is an on the spot fine for failing to display a VEL of £60 which me and my colleagues hand out ..... road tax has nothing to do with being able to park or not on a road
the DVLA can issuse fines of up to a £1000  and or clamp your vehicle or seize it and tow it away - its heavy stuff i'm afraid but its riff out there.

not displaying a VEL can also invalidate your insurance - read the small print in your insurance docs. the line that says you agree to keep the vehicle in a road worthy and safe condition! its there trust me, insurance companies will do all that they can to wriggle out of paying up.

your problem is a tricky one, it sounds like the previous owner has returned the tax. if you tax online and the disc hasn't arrived by the time your old one runs out then make sure you  print and carry the email receipt with you - will save you 60 sheets 

you can and should be able to tax it on line - check and see what the class is / if its been changed yet - or you can use the new keeper supplimant you were given when you bought it, thats what the bar code is for on the side 

hope some of this helps 

[discowoman]

Thanks for replies - cant tax online at the moment as the previous owner had Disabled tax on it - and has sent log book off to DVLA to ammend this - and add me as the new keeper, so until it comes back its catch 22..No tax disk to display - but still officially taxed , Insured and MOT'd.
I have no off road parking available and live in a Terraced house with no access to garden to park it round the back..
Could I be a bit 'cheeky' and put a 'tax disk at dvla' in window??????

[Gordo]

there is an on the spot fine for failing to display a VEL of £60 which me and my colleagues hand out

So why does it say £200 on the tax disc surround?



So if it's parked on the road it must be taxed, and (ideally) displaying the disc?

PS: My bike's tax disc is displayed. On the kitchen noticeboard...  8-[

[Yoshi]

Thanks for replies - cant tax online at the moment as the previous owner had Disabled tax on it - and has sent log book off to DVLA to ammend this - and add me as the new keeper, so until it comes back its catch 22..No tax disk to display - but still officially taxed , Insured and MOT'd.
I have no off road parking available and live in a Terraced house with no access to garden to park it round the back..
Could I be a bit 'cheeky' and put a 'tax disk at dvla' in window??????

DVLA wont ammend this until your taxing the vehicle.  The vehicle is not legally taxed as you are not the named person on the VEL exemption certificate.  I go through this all the time with taxing cars that were on disabled tax, you have to wait for the new logbook and then take it to the local DVLA office and they will give you the correct tax disc for the vehicle and send off the logbook with the correct form to remove the Disabled part of it.

[K9Jim]

there is an on the spot fine for failing to display a VEL of £60 which me and my colleagues hand out

So why does it say £200 on the tax disc surround?



So if it's parked on the road it must be taxed, and (ideally) displaying the disc?

PS: My bike's tax disc is displayed. On the kitchen noticeboard...  8-[

lol - dude - it says it all right there - maximum penalty.... :D

[hobbit]

If you have your piece of the document still, you could if you have an mot and insurance, try contacting you localvehicle licensing office, and could attend there, pay for a current tax disc and they will sort it and send away your documentation

Try to find your local office and ringing them, got to be worth a try

[lee celtic]

I had the same problem when I bought my disco so I took the mot and insurance papers to the local DVLA office explained what had happened and asked for their advice , The guy on the other side of the window dissapeared for a couple of mins and came back with the tax disc for me  :dance: sorted...

Might be worth taking every bit of info you have to your local office and give it a go  :D

[karlo]

Don't go to your local office right at the end or beginning of the month cos you will be there for hours  :lol: :lol: :lol:

[discowoman]

Don't go to your local office right at the end or beginning of the month cos you will be there for hours  :lol: :lol: :lol:

Yeah tell me about it!!!
Looks like it could well be in the New year now :(:(:(
I have 2 Paj's - 1st one I lost the documents - so I am waiting for replacements to come through, and this one is disabled .............why is life NEVER simple????????

[Range Rover Blues]

If you have the green slip, dated within 2 weeks mind you, insurance and an MOT, you can tax it at a post office.  You can only tax online if a renewal is due, so you can't tax a SORNED vehicle on line for example (ask me how I know) and these days you can't tax a vehicle if the insurance is not in the name of the registered keeper, which is loonacy.

Otherwise it sounds like a grey area, the computer says it's taxed, so you aren't comiting that offence even though you aren't entitled to the disabled free road tax (another offence then :roll:)  but the first thing you'd get it failure to display if you were caught.  A PNC check would show the tax is payed so it's most likely that you'd get away with it if no-one reports you.