[jambutty]

There is a simple solution to the no road tax/insurance problem and it isn’t taking the offender to court nor is it searching a database at DVLA to find offenders.

Put the road tax/insurance onto the price of fuel. A vehicle cannot move without fuel unless it is rolled downhill or pushed.

The insurance would be third party thus protecting the innocent when a non-insured driver ploughs into them and if anyone wants a higher level of insurance they can buy it as extra.

Instead of the tax disc a vehicle would have to display an MOT disc obtainable from the Post Office or DVLA on production of a valid MOT certificate and driving license.

If the government will was there it could be done but since when did a government pay anything except lip service to the public.

Recipients of DLA would need to have that allowance increased to take into account that they already get a tax disc and insurance for free, or rather already paid for in the lease fee. But I’m sure that the brains of Whitehall could work that one out.


Why shouldn’t people who drive thousands of miles per year pay more road tax than someone who only does a couple of thousand per year Gayle? After all their usage of the roads and the wear and pollution they cause is greater.

If someone wants two loaves of bread he pays the price of two not one fixed price for buying bread.