Kiddy_Corsa
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Registered: 7th Nov 02
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Astra VXR
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Car ran outta tax 2day, can't get it sorted till 2moz, just wondered wat the penalties are for driving without tax?? 
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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well it would mean u were driving without insurance 6 points
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langey
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Registered: 7th Sep 03
Location: Wigan
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i dont think there is one, i got a mate who only tax's one car a year, he has about 10-15 cars a year and just puts the tax disk in the holder 
was in his van the ohter night and he had a tax disk that was worth 1000quid  out of a wagon
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Krammy
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Registered: 23rd Feb 05
Location: Tyne and Wear
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Isnt there a time limit on when you can get Tax? Ala 7 days? 14days?
If you dont renew it before then... you get sent a fine?
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Kiddy_Corsa
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Registered: 7th Nov 02
Location: Kidderminster Drives: Astra VXR
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So i can get away with it just for 2nite then?
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Rob H
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Registered: 28th Oct 00
Location: Staffordshire Drives: Astra SRi
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Think theres a 7/14 day grace period to get it. As for insurance, you need insurance before you can get tax, so that doesnt come into it. If your caught, think its an £80 fine anyway  .
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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if u are driving a car without tax it invalidates your insurance
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Danny P
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Registered: 20th Nov 02
Location: Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire
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Think the time limit is at the DVLA (before they send anything out to you)
If your spotted by the Police then you may be fined though
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Rob H
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Registered: 28th Oct 00
Location: Staffordshire Drives: Astra SRi
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"If you are/or become the registered keeper of a vehicle, you must ensure that the vehicle is licensed or a SORN declaration has been made. If it is not, you could face a fine and further penalties. Under the system of Continuous Registration (CR), which commenced in January 2004, it is not necessary for your vehicle to be sighted on the public road, for an offence to have been committed. DVLA now has the authority to carry out enforcement action against the registered keeper directly from information held on the vehicle licence records.
The law allows 14 days from the date the licence was due in which to relicense."
Reading that I'd say my initial "14 day grace period" guess was right.
Theres more here: http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/unlicensed.htm
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As for the insurance, in all the car tax ads ive seen, i cant ever recall them saying about being un insured. It makes no difference to the insurers whether its taxed or not, a slong as its road legal, and you were driving within the licence conditions(i.e, werent speeding etc).
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob H
"If you are/or become the registered keeper of a vehicle, you must ensure that the vehicle is licensed or a SORN declaration has been made. If it is not, you could face a fine and further penalties. Under the system of Continuous Registration (CR), which commenced in January 2004, it is not necessary for your vehicle to be sighted on the public road, for an offence to have been committed. DVLA now has the authority to carry out enforcement action against the registered keeper directly from information held on the vehicle licence records.
The law allows 14 days from the date the licence was due in which to relicense."
Reading that I'd say my initial "14 day grace period" guess was right.
Theres more here: http://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/unlicensed.htm
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As for the insurance, in all the car tax ads ive seen, i cant ever recall them saying about being un insured. It makes no difference to the insurers whether its taxed or not, a slong as its road legal, and you were driving within the licence conditions(i.e, werent speeding etc).
^ that doesnt mean you can just parade the streets for 14 days without tax. You would've received a letter a month before anyway u lazy piece of crap
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
Location: Skoda Octavia Estate, Ford Puma
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I tax my car 2 weeks before it's due and put the new disc in the glove box Just reminds me to pay the gas bill as i forgot and it's been here a week
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Craigos
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Registered: 2nd Aug 02
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I got fined £45. just got reported by the police to the DVLA.
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M2RTY
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Registered: 25th May 01
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how the hell can you NOT know its comming? the fuxking date is stamped on the front of your car and you know 6 or 12 months in advance!!
you can tax a car up to 2 months before its due through the DVLA, so there is no excuse
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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quote:
Originally posted by M2RV H
how the hell can you NOT know its comming? the fuxking date is stamped on the front of your car and you know 6 or 12 months in advance!!
you can tax a car up to 2 months before its due through the DVLA, so there is no excuse
agreed 
get your asses in gear!
SCUM 
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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There's no grace period - you can buy tax 14 days late and you still get the same month but you CANNOT DRIVE WITHOUT TAX.
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
There's no grace period - you can buy tax 14 days late and you still get the same month but you CANNOT DRIVE WITHOUT TAX.
ner ner 
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nickyboy01
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
Location: Oxford-ish
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I wouldnt worry too much, the guy up the road from me never taxed his last car and i keep gettin g his fines as they got the numbers mixed up, he ignores them and a couple of months later he gets another. Been like that for a year : :
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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itsa kick in the bolloks
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geordiecorsa
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Registered: 26th Mar 05
Location: South Tyneside or deepest darkest cumbria!
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the 14 days grace is at the dvla's disgretion (cant spell, year 10 have been pointing this out to me all day...) so if the police report you, there be a fine, up to £250 in the "grace period" (the ex got fined - dumbass). after that there be fines of up to £1000 (think thats right)
Geordie
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