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Road Fund Licence
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Because of the enormouse amount of drivers not having road tax licences & the difficulty of catching them, do A/Bers think it would be an idea to scrap the R.F.L. altogether & add the tax to fuel, so that everybody who uses the road would be paying ? You could have a scheme whereby transport operators & others who rely on transport for business could claim fees back from the govenment. Ron.
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For once, I'm not sure I agree with Chris. Switching the tax to fuel would mean those who drive more would generally pay more, and should encourage drivers to reduce mileage and consumption. A road fund licence is the same whether you drive no miles (and cause no pollution) or drive 20,000 miles a year (and cause lots of emissions).
However I can't see this idea taking off- the transitional arrangements could be messy.
However I can't see this idea taking off- the transitional arrangements could be messy.
Dft figures estimate the rate of VED evasion at below 1% of the 30-odd million British road vehicles.
Of these sub-300,000 untaxed vehicles, over half are clamped/impounded every year. To release from clamp within 24 hours costs £100 plus valid tax disc (or £160 surety). Thereafter the vehicle is impounded and costs £200 plus £21 per day to release. After 7 days unclaimed vehicles are either crushed or auctioned. Last year 130,000 cars were auctioned.
Of these sub-300,000 untaxed vehicles, over half are clamped/impounded every year. To release from clamp within 24 hours costs £100 plus valid tax disc (or £160 surety). Thereafter the vehicle is impounded and costs £200 plus £21 per day to release. After 7 days unclaimed vehicles are either crushed or auctioned. Last year 130,000 cars were auctioned.
Taking whiskeyrons idea one step further you could have a credit card system with all your driver details on it. So your insurance, mot and licence details could be on a card that you need to swipe at the fuel pump. If any of the details aren't up to date or incorrect then you can't get any fuel. No insurance or mot = no fuel. No fuel means your off the road. Job done!!!
This has just been announced. Could be a great help in catching uninsured offenders
http://road.cc/conten...ehicles?quicktabs_1=1
http://road.cc/conten...ehicles?quicktabs_1=1
Adding to welshlibrnar's suggestion, is it not about time all registration plates were produced and issued by one agency and fixed with tamper proof bolts. I see hundreds of vehicles each week with plates that cannot be read by ANPR or speed cameras. This is the only country I know of that allows illegal plates to be made (for 'show' purposes) and does little or nothing about clamping down on it. On regular trips through stretches of the M25 littered with 50mph cameras I get passed by cars with 'personalised' i.e. unreadable, plates.
Don't suppose it will happen while the DVLC and private companies take several pages in The Sunday Times to sell them.
Don't suppose it will happen while the DVLC and private companies take several pages in The Sunday Times to sell them.
No need for paper at all really, plod can tell by your number if you are taxed/moted/insured. Their cars are mostly now fitted with ANPR, which reads every number it sees as they drive and alerts them accordingly. No need to bu66er about displaying things makes no odds. I haven't actually needed the paper insurance/mot/tax for years.
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