Motor Tax Fine Rule?

francie81

Hi,

Yesterday (Mon) I received a motor tax fine from a warden on the street eventhough I had paid my parking ticket, have they really got the power to do this? He also told me if I tax the car from the 1st of Feb then the fine will be waived and if so do I need to include the fine notice along with the tax form when applying for a new disc?

Francie

biko

After Hours -> Motors.

JoeySully

It happened to me once in Cork. I paid my tax the next day, Rang up about it 2 weeks later and the fine had disappeared.

Pay the tax and ring them to let them know.

Vertakill

Yeah the traffic wardens were given the authority to pull you up over motor tax last year (or the year before) sometime.

There's one that works the area outside and along my house and he's let me away once when I was illegally parked and I had expired motor tax.

biko

It's a "failure to display valid tax disc"
I was fined for this 3 years ago or so.

francie81

francie81 wrote: »

Yesterday (Mon) I received a motor tax fine from a warden on the street eventhough I had paid my parking ticket, have they really got the power to do this?

Yep

francie81 wrote: »

He also told me if I tax the car from the 1st of Feb then the fine will be waived and if so do I need to include the fine notice along with the tax form when applying for a new disc?

No, don't include the fine with the tax from, that won't do much good, as mentioned above, once it's taxed from Feb 1st ring the council the fine is from and they will advice you on whatever is needed, phonecall may suffice.

francie81

Thanks alot folks for the advice really does break my heart having to go tax a car that gets battered by the roads we have and capital expenditure reduced really does make alot of sense paying it what dodgy laws we have.:mad:

Anan1

francie81 wrote: »

Thanks alot folks for the advice really does break my heart having to go tax a car that gets battered by the roads we have and capital expenditure reduced really does make alot of sense paying it what dodgy laws we have.:mad:

Breaks our hearts subsidizing your non-payment too.

francie81

Anan1 wrote: »

Breaks our hearts subsidizing your non-payment too.

Indeed but I am right in what I say.

vetstu

francie81 wrote: »

Indeed but I am right in what I say.

No, you are an a...hole. Pay your tax or sell the car and don't use the roads that batter it. Then you will have loads of time to think about the state of the roads when you are sitting on a bus.

Jarren

. Failure to display a current tax disc on your vehicle is considered a motoring offence and will result in a €60 on-the-spot fine issued by a traffic warden or a Garda.


http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/motoring_1/motor_tax_and_insurance/motor_tax_rates.html

slimjimmc

francie81 wrote: »

Indeed but I am right in what I say.

You seem to be falling into the old trap of believing that Motor Tax is meant to go towards roads maintenance. It's not. No part of motor tax is ring-fenced for roads.

Motor tax goes in central funds which pays for everything just like the VAT on your sausages. You might as well protest against the state of the roads by not buying sausages.:p

-Chris-

I think the OP's question is answered. I'm going to close this thread before they dig their hole any bigger.

Thread closed.