Buying road tax with 24 hours insurance cover?

[Marshall]

In situations like this WHY cant the 'powers that be' give a cast iron decision stating YES you can tax your vehicle if insurance is in force or NO you cant unless you have, say, at least a months cover left? At least then all post offices etc. would be able to say yes or no with some level of justification. Surely it cant be that hard to get rid of the grey areas? It just makes the PO's look like unprofessional idiots if they disagree with each other and people will just look for loopholes like taxing online (although I understand this is also difficult) - Just one more death knell for local PO's as people get increasingly pissed off.

[FredTransit]

Agreed, if it's on a SORN now, that SORN stays with the current owner, and you are going to tax it. You HAVE to have a tax disc dating back to the beginning of the month, so if there are any questions asked, it will have had the tax paid for by the time they ask them.

[HillmanImp]

If you are not taxing the car for the drive home and only have 24hr insurance why are you taxing it, as unless you are insuring it for longer than 24 hours on a normal policy, I assume it will be off the road when you get it back.

 

Sorry if I missed the point here. I can see how it is difficult to tax it on the way home, and would run the gauntlet myself, but strictly speaking the insurance is worthless without tax if you crash it on the way back, although the insurer may still pay out but don't have to.

 

If you only have 24 hours insurance I assume the car will be off the road once that expires until you get a new full policy, so you will be able to tax it when you get that policy.

[maxpower]

i just bought 2days insurance cover for my son and on the form it states that the certificate CANNOT be used to tax a vehicle.. it also had vehicle details and length of cover printed several times as a background on the paper to make sure that certificate is only for that vehicle

[HillmanImp]

If you are not taxing the car for the drive home and only have 24hr insurance why are you taxing it, as unless you are insuring it for longer than 24 hours on a normal policy, I assume it will be off the road when you get it back.

 

Sorry if I missed the point here. I can see how it is difficult to tax it on the way home, and would run the gauntlet myself, but strictly speaking the insurance is worthless without tax if you crash it on the way back, although the insurer may still pay out but don't have to.

 

If you only have 24 hours insurance I assume the car will be off the road once that expires until you get a new full policy, so you will be able to tax it when you get that policy.