Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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Hi Guys,
What's the consequences of driving without road tax? Just an £80 fine?
Also, how many days grace do you get once it runs out? Not 100% on that, if at all.
Cheers
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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120 fine and about a weeks grace.
That about about 3 years ago
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
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5 days from the 1st of the month, as long as its been ordered online. not ordered it, no grace period.
they were seizing untaxed cars around my way at one point last year
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fazza
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Registered: 7th Feb 08
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Depends really on the officer that stops you.
Few years ago I had a car impounded with a £200 fine to get the car back out, that fine went up £30 a day and car would be crushed after 7 days if not collected
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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oh
Cheers guys
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
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its on here about the 5 days
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_10036328
theres 2 offences, failure to tax and failure to display. you get away with not displaying the disc for 5 days but it still needs to be on the database as taxed
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Whittie
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The weeks grace is no longer in play. It's now a myth, it only lived on before online purchasing. Ie.. "It's in the post"
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Ben G
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the 5 days grace isn't a myth if you've paid online though, as you're still waiting for it to be posted out to you.
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Whittie
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As long as you've paid, you're fine. There is no grace period if you havn't paid.
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fazza
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Registered: 7th Feb 08
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i chased up a tax disc once after ordering it online, and they said I cannot use the vehicle until the disc arrives and I face a fine/car being taken away if Im caught driving it on the road. Even though I had paid for it online
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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I spoke to DVLA anyway. No grace for being on the road, but you get 14days untaxed to keep off the road before you need to SORN it.
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fazza
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Registered: 7th Feb 08
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quote: Originally posted by Brett
but you get 14days untaxed to keep off the road before you need to SORN it.
how very nice of them
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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Yeah, and I bet if you taxed it a month later they'd still back date it anyway, big joke!
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LeeM
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quote: Originally posted by fazza
i chased up a tax disc once after ordering it online, and they said I cannot use the vehicle until the disc arrives and I face a fine/car being taken away if Im caught driving it on the road. Even though I had paid for it online
read my link. 5 days from the 1st of the month
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fazza
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Registered: 7th Feb 08
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im only stating what they told me over the phone mate
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oceansoul
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Sunbury, Surrey
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I forgot to put a tax disc in my car once. It sat in a drawer. Didnt have any bother,(had paid for the tax though). IMO the paper disc is a bit redundant these days with it all being in a central, easily accessable database.
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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Well yeah, goes without saying since your car won't have been flagged up on the ANPR. However, had you been pulled over for one reason or another you would've had the old 'non display' thrown at you.
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