Tax disc:can u drive the car NOW, having applied for a tax disc online as it wont arrive for a further 5 days?

Magic

No you cant drive your car weather you've back dated it not, anyway I think you would be taking a big chance if you drove your car because it says that the disc must to be displayed on the car and of coarse if you park it any where no one will know if you've paid or not on line, will they ? I would wait if I were you until you get the disc in a few days.

bostonianinmo

Not legally! It is an offense to place a vehicle on the public roads -- even just parked -- without displaying a valid tax disc. Even though it MIGHT be in the DVLA database (and therefore not trigger a violation in a police car with the new camera system fitted) the display of the disc remains a legal requirement.

You should have renewed at the local Post Office or DVLA office. You would have been given a tax disc on the spot. As it is now, you must park your car off the public roads until the disc arrives.

smithtracey72

No you cant drive with out it if you are stopped you will be done for not displaying your tax disc, it only took 2 days for mine to come.

Bardic

No you can't, not legally. It makes no difference whether it has been paid for or not, the offence is "failing to display a valid tax disc", which is absolute. Either you're displaying it or you're not.

Flossy

Nope! You have to have a valid tax disc on show in the vehicle otherwise you can not drive it. If you look at the leaflets you will have received with your reminder, it does actually say that you have to apply for them in good time if you are processing the tax renewal on line.

If you were pulled, you MIGHT get away with it by explaining that you have ordered the new tax disc... the police can check with the DVLA to ensure that the car is taxed. I wouldn't recommend chancing it though!

sugarplum9903

you could, but the police can stop you for failing to show a valid tax disc and give you an on-the-spot fine of Â£50, despite paying for it online

TERRY READ

no you cannot, and i recommend you dont as most police cars have cameras on them that gives an alarm to the officers that you have not got road fund licence displayed, all this come in after the terroist alerts,

dollybird

no, if u get caught you will be charged with failure to display.

The Prisoner

Actually if you read the information on the site, no you can't. Your supposed to get your tax disc before it runs out. I'm sure though that if you printed the reciept and showed it if you were stopped you would get away with it.

Jody W

yes as long as you have paid for, it will be in the DVLAs system

Ghettofantasy

Yes definately, you paid for the tax, so therefore you are taxed, plus whenever i get mine it never takes 5 days, more like 2, or 3 on a weekend.

Mike T

Yes, the computer system is updated immediately. If the police were to stop you they could verify it straight away.

Barne-Hurst

YES print off the receipt that came up on your screen confirming payment, carry this with you untill your disc arrives

Jax

Yes you can. If you get stopped for any reason, then it will be on the DVLA records that you have applied for it.

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