no mot required.....

I think they mean you just need the v5 ref number??

Can’t remember the last time I actually took the mot certificate and insurance documents
To the post office

Wonder if it was true
Wouldn’t surprise me to know the departments are talking to each other

With the new continuous insurance legislation any vehicle that is taxed has to be insured. So even though the post office don't check your mot and insurance if they issue road tax and you don't have it insured DVLA can and will issue an automatic penalty fine.

Also ANPRC are quite active round here and several people have come for mot after the penalty.

Wally

precisely my concern.if you recall there was a movement to add road tax onto petrol a few years back,the police and haulage industries got it kicked into touch,if the above is true then that objection is dead and buried.stick 5p on a gallon lpg included,the collection infrastructure is already in place and operating,the guys using and damaging the roads/environment most will be the ones picking up the tab for it and overall there can be NO tax evasion unless you can make your own petrol that is!whos gonna be causing most of the above probs?me using a sh1tbag astra 8v for 2.5 k a year or a 40 footer doing 70k?before the haulage guys start screaming my best guess is itll work out about a tenner per load(this based on a artic doing 4mpg 400ml 5p on a gallon round trip single load)and in essence-cos they'll have to pass the costs on to the end user-is about 1p on a medium fries while leaving the rest of the menu untouched,ok so the maths is a bit rough and ready but you get the idea,could even improve things environmentally speaking which I believe was the driving force behind our current mot problems.....

The computers may be linked now, I don't know. They certainly haven't been linked for long, as we had so many details which could have been made easier if the DVSA and DVLA computers spoke to each other, but they didn't. I do hope things are different now, but I have trouble believing it.

They scan the bar code on the reminder at the post office or we can use the code entered online off the reminder and if everything is legal it allows you to tax your vehicle. The systems are linked, MiD, MOT & DVLA

the intercontinental guys are the only sticking point that I can see,they run long range tanks(by and large)to prevent em having to fill up in the uk,you would need some sorta toll/levy at the port of entry which would probably cause grief with the eu,my reccomendation would be to badge it as an environmental tax(political correctness has its uses!)they aint gonna be able to shout at that!suppose putting a mileage related levy on the end delivery point would be another option.if they can fine em thousands for carrying migrants then this shouldn't be difficult to tack onto the same system.

I queried this a couple of years back,if youre paying tax by debit monthly as some do will they keep taking the money(and hence keeping the car taxed)even tho mot has expired?clearly in your case at least they do cos 18mnths down the line it cant have had an mot.worrying development anyone?as an aside back when I was getting nicked as a kid no mot was a £10 fine which was the same amount as lying to a police officer strangely enuff......