On 17/03/2008 22:24 The Medway Handyman wrote:

I reckon you still need some kind of registration system.

Confirm registration details when you buy insurance?

Insurers already tell DVLA you've bought insurance so the same
notification would tell them who's got the car. If it's sold then the
new owner would need to insure it so the change of ownership would be
automatically provided. If the car doesn't show up as being re-insured
within 12 months of previous insurance then they send the boys round to
find out what's happened.

At least if you're driving it without insurance then when you buy petrol
to do so you can't avoid having to pay for what used to be a tax disc.

And yes, visible proof of insurance & MOT would be a good idea even if
we kept tax discs.

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