Wul
30th January 2004, 04:58 PM
Had a thought when watching one of the Road Tax ads on telly last night.
The new law basically means if you run out of road tax and don't fill in the "vehicle off road" slip or renew the road tax then you will get instantly fined by a computer for £80!
Now correct me if i'm wrong but the legal system is founded on evidence of guilt and comitting a crime (ie innocent until proven guilty) so.....
...on that basis surely your car still has to be "witnessed" as being on the public highway with no road tax in order to allow the prosecution to progress or has the government changed the way the law works?
Ways in which this is gonna cause hassle:
- Road tax reminders lost in post/ delivered to wrong address
- DVLC delay in changing registered owners
- Car restorers moving house but forgetting to change their details on the log book.
Giving me the creeps as it is the start of pre-crime - anyone seen minority report?:eek:
Any lawyers on here care to comment:question:
discuss.........:):p
The new law basically means if you run out of road tax and don't fill in the "vehicle off road" slip or renew the road tax then you will get instantly fined by a computer for £80!
Now correct me if i'm wrong but the legal system is founded on evidence of guilt and comitting a crime (ie innocent until proven guilty) so.....
...on that basis surely your car still has to be "witnessed" as being on the public highway with no road tax in order to allow the prosecution to progress or has the government changed the way the law works?
Ways in which this is gonna cause hassle:
- Road tax reminders lost in post/ delivered to wrong address
- DVLC delay in changing registered owners
- Car restorers moving house but forgetting to change their details on the log book.
Giving me the creeps as it is the start of pre-crime - anyone seen minority report?:eek:
Any lawyers on here care to comment:question:
discuss.........:):p