They can't be read by anyone - as DJ said it's only visible when opened out. Think it's a great idea.
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SubscribeThey can't be read by anyone - as DJ said it's only visible when opened out. Think it's a great idea.
Yes, I agree, Shysal. I do not think my son would be pleased if I put his address on something that anyone could read, although the address is only visible when the disc is opened up.
I shall not be adding an address!
Thanks, durhamjen, I have printed one off this website.
www.westmercia.police.uk/news/news-articles/police-launch-emergency-contact-disc-as-alternative-to-tax-disc.html
I have just been looking at a website which gave a link to the Warwickshire police website. You can download an Emergency Contact disc which you can fill in with your details and put in your tax disc holder. Medical information and your emergency contact information. It's actually on their twitter account but you can download it without twitter.
I hate doing stuff like this online. Renewed my tax at the post office in a few minutes with no hastle and they were pathetically grateful I had done that rather than go online. Many of our post office services are at risk because they are being taken elsewhere.
We'll probably all be long gone before they're worth anything . Anyway, the more we all have the less they'll be worth. Better for him to only find a couple ....I thought I might make a picture out of mine [like they did with those old cigarette cards]
Tegan Oh I wish I hadn't told OH that the old disc's may become worth a few £s he is off to-morrow to root out old car papers in the shed,he is a man who throughs nothing official away he always used to slip his new disc in front of each other for many years.oh woe is me !!
That's why the old one kept falling off the windscreen [it was getting so heavy]. I think I've got a very old motor bike tax disc in the garage; I'm just going to have a look. It's items that are automaticaly thrown away that become collectors items. I reckon mine are worth at least two and sixpence now ...
You mean you've been keeping your old ones, Tegan? Oh dear, I've only got this year's one...
They say that old tax discs will now become collectors items. I've just had a panic and looked in the car [the MOT people kindly gave me a new tax disc holder last time as mine was stuck on with sellotape] as I thought my collection of discs had been chucked. But I have found it somewhere else in the car. Now to see if I've got any more floating around....
No problem getting on to the site today and it's really fast.
I wonder if some people had been under the impression that you didn't have to pay road tax any more, having not bothered to read beyond 'tax discs to be abolished from 1st October'?
Perhaps those people suddenly woke up to the true position after recent publicity, and panicked...
I'm not sure whether the problem was that there were more of us 'disorganised' people this month Gracesgran or whether it was a problem with the website. When I tried to log in I noticed it said 'new system' and there was another option that said 'apply through old site' or words to that effect. Of course neither was working, nor was the 0300 phone number provided on the site. In fact when I tried the phone number later in the day I kept getting a recorded message saying 'you have dialled an incorrect number' - which I hadn't as it had worked earlier in the day but simply informed me that 'the system is down for maintenance'.
Anyway, I took myself off to the post office and they were very glad of my custom
There was always a huge queue at the Post Office at the end of one month and the beginning of the other. Not surprising that there's a massive demand on line at the same time. I (polishing halo) usually do the deed on line quite soon after the reminder comes in - otherwise I might forget and leave the envelope under the mounds of correspondence waiting for the recycling bin.
I wonder why more people have been "disorganised" this particular day/month though nightowl
I always renew online but there has never been a problem. As far as I can see there are no real changes as they haven't been physically checking you were displaying the disc for some time.
Just because some of us are eternally disorganised tanith
Guilty as charged. Have to be organised in my job, can't quite manage it at home
I don't for the life of me understand why anyone leaves it till the last day to get their road tax? Everyone knows its due and you can buy it well ahead of the due date or even a few days is enough to know you have it in preparation for the end of the month. Madness that all these people are trying to do it online at the same time..
If it needed renewing from today, why on earth were people leaving it until today? It's exactly the same issue as when people complain they can't get their tax form in on 31 Jan when the've know forever that that's the deadline.
Mine needs renewing and I'll have another go tomorrow. I think the unprecedented demand is probably due to people not going to the Post Office today because they will no longer have a cute little disc to take away with them.
What I don't understand is why the unprecedented demand today?
Surely not everyone's road tax ran out yesterday?
Mine's got another seven months to run, and I won't be removing the disc from my windscreen until it expires, either!
DH did his tax at the post office nearly a month ago without any problems. It seems odd not to have a disc in the car.
Been trying to get on DVLA's site to register a SORN for the last 24 hours. Last night it was struggling along and I gave up when it wouldn't submit the info. Tried again this morning, couldn't even get on the site, now tonight there's a message on there "This service is currently unavailable due to unprecedented demand across DVLA's online services". Funny that because I got through straight away on their automated phone service that they recommend you use instead. So where's all these people who can't get on the website. They're certainly not picking up the phone instead. Huh, it's not unprecedented demand the liars - it's still in Beta and it doesn't work. Useless. Even if they are telling the truth, why didn't they anticipate the high demand, obvs really. Still it's made my day, haha. What does it say on their reminder about not getting a tax disc from 1 October?
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