Fresh Spin On Renewing Tax Discs

Three thousand lucky motorists needn't queue in the Post Office for their tax discs - instead, they can get them over the phone or online.

Auto Express Car Reviews

25th March 2004

The DVLA has started testing its ΂£38million project to make renewing road fund licence less taxing. Letters are going out to 3,000 drivers chosen at random, inviting them to visit a secret website or phone a special number. Both allow them to buy their next disc without having to speak to anyone or produce vehicle documents. The trial is open only to owners of cars less than three years old, because they don't need MoT certificates. And the DVLA has tapped into the Motor Insurance Database so it will know if the selected vehicles are covered without having to see a policy. The plan is for most drivers to be buying discs online or over the phone by 2006.

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