Vehicle licensing terminology

[allanb]

Can someone please tell me whether, in DVLA parlance, "unlicensed" means the same as "untaxed"?

Thanks.

[Weegie]

Yes.  Vehicle Excise Licence is more commonly referred to as a"Tax Disc".

[Sunday Driver]

From the DVLA:

"About three weeks before your tax disc runs out, you should get a ‘Vehicle Licence Application/Statutory Off Road Notification’ (V11 reminder) from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). Use the V11 reminder to renew your tax online, by phone, by post or in person."

 

 

[AnOther]

[quote user="allanb"]Can someone please tell me whether, in DVLA parlance, "unlicensed" means the same as "untaxed"?[/quote]Puzzled as to what else you might have imagined it meant allan [blink]

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[Phil & Pat]

As it's the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority, it could have meant an unlicensed driver rather than a unlicensed vehicle perhaps.  Don't know the original context though.

But then again, as the subject was Vehicle licensing terminology, probably not.

[Madeira Jon]

Gordon Brown changed the title from Road Tax to Vehicle Excise Duty. With Road Tax people expected it to be spent on maintaining an improving the road system, as indeed was its original intention.  Gordon didn't want people to continue with this thought so he changed the name.

[allanb]

[quote user="ErnieY"][quote user="allanb"]Can someone please tell me whether, in DVLA parlance, "unlicensed" means the same as "untaxed"?[/quote]Puzzled as to what else you might have imagined it meant...[/quote]I don't know; that's why I asked.  A licence is not the same thing as a tax.  I have a driving licence, but I don't pay a driving tax.