stopped by gardai

steviewalsh

i was stopped by the gardai about two months ago, i had no tax. garada asked me to nomintae station to show licence and insurance, didnt have licence with me at the time. i showed these docs at the station, now i hear from a friend, that i could still be brought to court and fined for not having tax. any ideas anyone?

peasant

split off from "motor tax" thread

Tigger

steviewalsh wrote: »

i was stopped by the gardai about two months ago, i had no tax. garada asked me to nomintae station to show licence and insurance, didnt have licence with me at the time. i showed these docs at the station, now i hear from a friend, that i could still be brought to court and fined for not having tax. any ideas anyone?

What is Motor Tax?
Motor Tax is a separate charge from Vehicle Registration Tax. It is a legal requirement in Ireland to have motor tax if you want to drive your vehicle in a public place. The more powerful your vehicle, the higher the cost of your motor tax. Not only are you obliged by law to pay motor tax to drive your vehicle, you are also required to display evidence that you have paid on the windscreen of your vehicle. This is done by displaying your tax disc on the windscreen. Failure to display the disc is considered a motoring offence and will result in an on-the-spot fine issued by a traffic warden or a Garda.

seems unlikley that you will get any more hassle once yer documents are ok

he just wanted to be sure you had the other stuff

Honey-ec

Did you present your tax disc at the station?

Henry Ford III

Having no tax, and also not displaying tax are offences. You could be summonsed for either, or both.

SQ2

Did you just have no tax displayed, or di you have no tax full stop? If you weren't taxed I'd expect that you'd be in for a fine alright...