755,000 unlicensed vehicles last year

[Rooster1]

I'm not very good with stats but looks like the demise of the tax disc has led to a tripling of the number of unlicensed vehicles.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42009111

 

[Drago]

I read elsewhere that it was scrapped to save a meagre £10 million a year in administrating the system....

...but has cost over £100 mill in lost revenue.

So it was a good move and has saved the country a fortune, by the simple expedient that they no longer need waste money on a tax disc. The less honest folk have no easy means by which they can be spotted.

 

[classic33]

ANPR app for smartphones.

One such app.
http://www.anpr.hu/matrix_pocket_android/

 

[FishFright]

I read elsewhere that it was scrapped to save a meagre £10 million a year in administrating the system....

...but has cost over £100 mill in lost revenue.

So it was a good move and has saved the country a fortune, by the simple expedient that they no longer need waste money on a tax disc. The less honest folk have no easy means by which they can be spotted.

Rather like the rest of the not thought out cuts

 

[flake99please]

I look forward to mentioning this the next time one of those law abiding motorists decides to lecture me on the need for a cycle license/number plate/insurance/etc, etc.

Source

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Put it on fuel, nobody can dodge it then

 

[Tin Pot]

Put it on fuel, nobody can dodge it then

Well, you say that...

 

[screenman]

Put it on fuel, nobody can dodge it then

If they do that I will have to get a bike.

 

[classic33]

If they do that I will have to get a bike.

Electric?

 

[Globalti]

I expect this figure roughly mirrors the figure for uninsured vehicles. There are plenty of people who simply think the law doesn't apply to them.

 

[RichK]

I expect this figure roughly mirrors the figure for uninsured vehicles. There are plenty of people who simply think the law doesn't apply to them.

Yes, MiB estimate around a million

https://www.mib.org.uk/media-centre...-as-drivers-continue-to-flout-insurance-laws/

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I expect this figure roughly mirrors the figure for uninsured vehicles. There are plenty of people who simply think the law doesn't apply to them.

again, levy on fuel for 3rd party cover.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

This thread made me worry about when my car tax expires. I had October stuck in my memory and panicked.

 

[Illaveago]

It didn't need a scientist to figure out that scrapping the car tax disc was a bad Idea or did it?

The stupid thing is ,with the way it operated before you had to have proof of insurance and a current MOT in order to get your road tax.
The new cost savings swept all of that away. So now you can have more cars on the road that are not roadworthy and don't have insurance.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I wrote to my MP a few years ago with the idea, he forwarded it to the ministry who replied saying that it was unworkable due to people living in rural areas would be unfairly penalised.