New road tax system

[shanky887614]

When you phone/go online you select the option for new keeper and you can tax it. I know because I did this when I bought I my van earlier in the year. Is bought it on the 22nd and was able to tax it

if a vehicle has sat for a while sworn with no tax/mot/insurance it needs to be taxed to drive it to mot centre

 

[shanky887614]

I sort of agree, I have a few vehicles but I can only drive one at a time. ...

thats my point as well, if you have 10 vehicles thats £2000 a year.

it would be easier if it was say alall linked to your ni number as well

 

[Deleted member 72666]

if a vehicle has sat for a while sworn with no tax/mot/insurance it needs to be taxed to drive it to mot centre

Yeah, it's 'catch 22' and the only way around it(without taking it on a trailer) is to pre book a MOT appointment and as long as you drive the most direct way within reason will escape any penalties should you be stopped by the authorities.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

The simplest thing would be to scrap car tax, and raise the tax on fuel.

 

[Deleted member 72666]

The simplest thing would be to scrap car tax, and raise the tax on fuel.

....And the fairest imo!

 

[shanky887614]

Yeah, it's 'catch 22' and the only way around it(without taking it on a trailer) is to pre book a MOT appointment and as long as you drive the most direct way within reason will escape any penalties should you be stopped by the authorities.

but then no tax to get from test centre and that makes it difficult for private sellers.

for example i bought my van off durhamsparky 100miles away

 

[Deleted member 26818]

You can drive a vehicle to an MOT test centre and then back home or to a garage for repairs without MOT or tax.

 

[davesparks]

You can drive a vehicle to an MOT test centre and then back home or to a garage for repairs without MOT or tax.

Only if the appointment is pre-booked can you drive to and from an mot test without a valid mot. The same for the trip to a garage for mot repairs, it must be pre-booked.
But you can still be done for any defects on the vehicle if they stop you.
And you may not be covered by your insurance without a valid mot.

 

[davesparks]

You can only drive an untaxed vehicle to and from a pre-booked mot, identity check, weight check
However you cannot drive an untaxed vehicle to a garage for any repairs

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Yes it has to be pre-booked, yes technically you can be done for any dangerous conditions, no your insurance is still valid.
They must have changed the law then, as you have always been allowed to take a vehicle from a test centre to a place where repairs can be carried out.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

According to this page:https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot/after-the-test, you can still take your vehicle to a garage after failure.

 

[davesparks]

Yes it has to be pre-booked, yes technically you can be done for any dangerous conditions, no your insurance is still valid.
They must have changed the law then, as you have always been allowed to take a vehicle from a test centre to a place where repairs can be carried out.

It depends on your individual policy, they will all claim that they won't cover you without an mot but I think most would provide third party cover only.

 

[davesparks]

They must have changed the law then, as you have always been allowed to take a vehicle from a test centre to a place where repairs can be carried out.

Without an MOT you can, but you can't take it for repair without tax.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

According to Schedule 2 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration act (Section 22), we can still take an untaxed vehicle to somewhere for repairs to be made. May have to pre-book.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Here are the relevant paragraphs:
A vehicle is an exempt vehicle when it is being used solely for the purpose of—

(a) submitting it (by previous arrangement for a specified time on a specified date) for a compulsory test, a vehicle identity check, a vehicle weight test or a reduced pollution test], or
(b)​

bringing it away from any such test or check.

(1A)​

A vehicle is an exempt vehicle when it is being used solely for the purpose of—

(a)​

taking it (by previous arrangement for a specified time on a specified date) for a relevant re-examination, or

(b)​

bringing it away from such a re-examination.

(3)Where the relevant certificate is refused on a compulsory test, or a reduced pollution test,]of a vehicle or as a result of a relevant re-examination,] the vehicle is an exempt vehicle when it is being used solely for the purpose of—
(a)​

delivering it (by previous arrangement for a specified time on a specified date) at a place where relevant work is to be done on it, or

(b)​

bringing it away from a place where relevant work has been done on it.