Now get rid of VED altogether and just add it onto petrol prices and then people pay for what they use.
I remember this was debated back in the eighties to put the price up to a pound a gallon (yes, gallon). Good ol Maggie gave us half of what we wanted and put it up................
The important thing about the tax disc was that it gave the authorities an audit source to check that your MOT and insurance were current. They no longer need that as they get that info direct from source. I still bet that the excise duty won't get scrapped in my lifetime though.
No such thing as road tax, but yep - discs should've been done away with ages ago.
Now get rid of VED altogether and just add it onto petrol prices and then people pay for what they use.
The present system is not based on petrol or road usage but on CO2 emissions. I agree that theoretically the more petrol one uses, the more emissions. However some vehicles can travel (say) 10,000 miles and emit less noxious fumes than another vehicle which travels (say) 5,000 miles.
Most police traffic cars are fitted with number plate recognition cameras which can instantly convey the information on the vehicle they are following.
Combined with indefinite SORN coming in it's going to make it more difficult for local authorities to identify and therefore remove abandoned vehicles.
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Now get rid of VED altogether and just add it onto petrol prices and then people pay for what they use.
'I pay my fucking road tax by dd?' :-)