Stolen Tax Disk + Holder. report it or not??

[Darkstar82]

Its no major expense at £5 for a tax disc holder and £17 for tax, but its fucking annoying!

Ive had this bike for less than a fortnight, having lots of fun as ive gone from scooter to geared but shit like this always puts a dampener on things.


I don't know how long its been missing for, it only crossed my mind yesterday when I realised i couldn't see the tax disk holder (there's an empty bolt hole where once it was...)

Would you report it or not bother?

bloody thieving sods.


p.s. i did think about just keeping the tax disk on my person rather than display but I found this...

33.—(1) A person is guilty of an offence if—

(a) he uses, or keeps, on a public road a vehicle in respect of
which vehicle excise duty is chargeable, and

(b) there is not fixed to and exhibited on the vehicle in the
manner prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State a
licence for, or in respect of, the vehicle which is for the time being
in force.

[doggone]

Are you sure it didn't fall off?
They couldn't gain much from stealing it apart from annoying you.

[Darkstar82]

[Acemastr]

This is why I still have last years tax disc in the holder
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[Moo.]

Some photocopy their tax disc, put the real one under the seat and display the fake one
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[Ja7]

I think if it was stolen it would have been for the tax disc holder, I always display mine under the seat, done it for three years now

[fatpies]

Report it but do not expect anything to happen.


The fact that people don't report crimes because nothing happens means that the politicians get to say oh look crime has fallen! When really crime in the UK is worse than Krad land.
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[Darkstar82]

[charlie74]

i think if you report it and then contact dvla with the crime number they will issue a duplicate,
hell they gave me one for the car when that went missing,but that was a few years ago

[Joncrete Cungle]

Report it and get a crime ref number. Get a replacement disc from DVLA. Having the crime ref number MIGHT get you let off if a jobsworth spots you are failing to display while waiting for the replacement tax disc.

If it happens a few times and you get a crime ref number each time. Get on to your MP with the crime ref numbers and lean on them to consider raising in parliament scrapping tax discs needing to be displayed on bikes in the new ANPR centric age.

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[1198]

The failure to display offence could be used if the Plod wanted to, however they usually have run the reg' through the computer before they stop you, and it would show as tAxed. I also got sick of discs getting wet / lost / nicked, so now just leave them at home stuck to the fridge. It's only a snag if you've been a proper nob but the police can't prove it. The failure to display may be used then, purely to annoy you!

[Skudd]

I don't display my tax, in fact it is in a drawer. When ever I'm stopped they never ask about it as usually they have done a full check on the bike before stopping me.
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[flumpy7]

I hadn't displayed one for ages (kept under the seat), but the other day a PCSO turned up at my door and asked me to display it as somebody had seen my bike in town and complained to the police it had no tax! I could tell he was a bit embarrassed that he'd had to come round and I just laughed at him. Seriously though there's some feckin' weird people out there!
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[Rogerborg]

"Do know why I've stopped you, sir?"

"Huzzah, you've caught the scrote that stole my VED disk!" [hold out hand]

Report. Bet it fell off though.
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[Pete.]

I also photocopy my disc, and punch the holes through. Genuine disc is in the hump.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Vracktal]

At the pizza shop all the scooters had the tax disk in a keyring holder attached to the ignition key. If stopped, we were technically displaying it and it was technically fixed to the bike.

Since we started doing that the tax disks stopped getting nicked, but it's a bit clunky to carry on personal keys though.
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[SteveZZR]

An empty bolt hole is proof that "it was there when I left the house this morning Officer"

[TheBikerStig]

Was washing my bike one day and I noticed a rusty but of broken metal where the tax disc used to be. Renewal was 6 months away. So I waited 6 months to buy both a new tax disc and a holder for it. ANPR would show my bike as taxed if proof was needed.
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[_Iain_]

I hide my tax disc holder on the swingarm behind the can so little shits dont see it easily & rip it off. Also i like the idea of them trying to remove it & burning themselves.

Wouldnt bother replacing. GS500 & the bandit diddnt have tax disc holders on em for ages, or tax discs for that matter. Wasn't an issue even when i got pulled up...
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[bikertomm]

Why do people nick them out of interest?

Do they try and claim back what's on them?

Fucking pathetic
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[Pol Anorl]

You sure it didn't just fall off?
i was parked at the side of the road once when i got hit by a tax disc holder, bolt still through the hole.

30mph bolt + tax disc holder to the leg was a bit hurty, dropped it off at cop shop probably made it back to the owner.
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