Paphos People

Was a time when in as obligatory to display on the windscreen the Road Fund Licence + MOT
Then they passed a law stating that on safety (blocking visibility) grounds they should NOT
be displayed..
But they forgot to repeal the original law.
So it became legal/illegal to display or not display.
This is Cyprus!
In theory you need to display them anyway in the SBBA or in the KKTC.
But does anyone know what the law now is - has it been clarified?
Geoff.

The current law is that the "disc" should not be displayed on the car. It should printed be kept with the other documents in the rare case it is required by a police officer.
This is because the police now have on-board technology that gives them details of owner, tax, and MOT status based on the number plate. The only thing they do not have yet is access to insurance records.

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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein

Josef, I wasn't aware the police did not have access to insurance records. Hopefully that will be rectified soon then, as we are all at risk from uninsured drivers.

Yes, that IS the current law.
My point is that the old law was never repealed.
Means legal either way.
Geoff.

Yes beware untaxed uninsured drivers.
We were hit by one earlier in the year, and a month earlier he hit another driver. And yes he is still driving around in the same car.
Reason. the police say he has no money so how can they do anything about him.

Really ? - Impound the car!

For once I agree with Sergio!

Simples, no car, no accidents.

But maybe the law doesn't allow this??

Put the Road Tax cost on fuel...the more you drive, the more you pay.
You can drive without road tax, you can't drive without fuel.

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Dave
Moira And Dave

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

I've always thought this method should be introduced; the most sensible way of collecting the road fund tax and also much more fair.

Jim

It’s now happening in the UK as well
The number of vehicles without road tax - Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) - doubled to 560,000 this summer according to the Department for Transport's survey, months after the paper tax disc was abolished in October 2014.
Read full story
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34933962

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Dave
Moira And Dave

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

They do. Have a look in the car park behind the traffic police station. Full of dust covered cars and bikes. All impounded.

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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein

Seems to me a quote should be done from George's post.


PS. Yes, I saw these cars, but have no info why - perhaps other reasons, like major problem with engine, transmission,MOT, etc what not allow driving it.

Josef.Do you have a link to that??

Goeffreys, kktc is northern Cyprus but what the relevance of the sbba scottish brass band association
When we had to put the tax and mot on the windscreen I always put it top left as I used the btm left when turning

Noted Mouse, my U/name is spelt Geoffreys BTW.
Sorry about the typo, should have been SBAA.
Thank you for your input.
Geoff.
P.S. Nice to see you on this forum, have you been barred from the Eastern Cyprus Forum also?