GrahamS - Member
Ah government IT systems eh? Always shite.
ah you failed to mention also that in between taxing your car online and the disc arriving in the post ...the nice rozzers will bang you for not displaying a disc..........
In theory their computer would tell them that tax has been paid for. IIRC you have a set number of allowed days to cover the postage.
Actually not correctly displaying a valid disc and not paying tax/SORNing vehicle are two separate offences. Nice eh? I've had a ticket for failure to display (my disc is in the centre of the windscreen rather than in the bottom corner of the passenger side) even though the computer said the car was taxed. I was then given some rubbish that the Law states the disc neds to be in the bottom left corner. It doesn't, you just need it displayed in view on the winscreen.
As for renewing online. I agree it's a stupid system. There's no warranty/indemity protecting the motorist against the disc being lost / stolen in the post. Effectively, the motorist carries all the risk and liability for the disc whilst it's in the post which is stupid.
