Low Cost Vans

Here is a fun post I read from Fleet News regarding some of the silliest excuses motorists have given as to why they didn't buy or renew their tax disc. I chuckled out loud reading some of the very poor excuses that were given and could not think of why anyone would even bother attempting to use them. My favourite excuse has to be number five on the top ten list, “ I took too much Viagra and couldn’t leave the house ”. Classic, although I couldn't steal that one for myself. According to information taken last year from the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Agency (DVLA), most of the excuses seem to begin with the typical line, “it’s not my fault", but if they had just pulled a finger out and taxed their van or car, then they wouldn’t have been slapped with an £80 instant fine. And in some cases, the fine cost them more than the initial tax would have been. Silly indeed! Just a reminder, if your van is parked on a public road and it has not been taxed or declared ‘SORN’, it cou...

Could it be the end of the road for the tax disc? For many years (nearly 90, I think) this circular piece of paper has proudly been displayed in our vehicle windscreens to represent proof that we have indeed paid our road tax duty, but the BVRLA have just posted news that the government is giving serious consideration to abolishing the tax disc. Unfortunately no, not the tax itself, just the physical piece of paper. Shucks! The BVRLA, British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association, has welcomed the news and it's a major victory for the association, which has been campaigning for the Department for Transport to axe the tax disc for a number of years as part of a wider streamlining of DVLA services. Once used as a visible means of demonstrating that a vehicle has been taxed, the disc is no longer required because this can instantly be confirmed by accessing DVLA computers. “It is great that the Red Tape Challenge we participated in last year is continuing to bring results,” said BVRL...