Expensive and embarrassing day

Del Lardo · 16-12-2007, 16:20

Wondering out to my car yesterday afternoon after the works Christmas party I noticed that my tax disc was out of date and quietly swore at myself for thinking it was due the end of this month rather than the start. Driving back to Cambridge round the M25 when a Police car pulls onto the motorway in front of me doing the usual 60mph and I comment to Klara that it's the first time I've seen a Police car on the motorway in ages (a good thing as well as I'm normally doing 80-90mph) as I crawl past him at 70. Two minutes later the blues come on and I realise that their posh camera system has probably flagged my lack of tax. I pull over and get the usual warning but as I'm clearly guilty there's no point in bull****ing, explain it was a error on my part and promise to get it sorted when I get home. He tells me to wait and wanders back to his car and starts writing tickets. After about 10 minutes he comes back and gives me a ticket for no tax, £60! I'm mildly annoyed at this but I can live with £60 so again promise to get the tax sorted when I get home only to be told that I won't and that my MOT ran out on December 6th

Another £60 fine!

So I'm £120 down and still need to spend another £170 to get it all sorted, not really what I need a week before Christmas. Pretty pissed off but mainly with myself, my Lotus tax was due Jan and I had it in my head that the Mundano was the same. As for the MOT I thought it had a year when I bought it so I was OK till May/June.

Still as much as I hate to admit it I doubt I'll forget again though I am a (generally) law abiding, tax paying, honest chap so I am a nice easy target.

16-12-2007, 16:20	#1
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	Expensive and embarrassing day Wondering out to my car yesterday afternoon after the works Christmas party I noticed that my tax disc was out of date and quietly swore at myself for thinking it was due the end of this month rather than the start. Driving back to Cambridge round the M25 when a Police car pulls onto the motorway in front of me doing the usual 60mph and I comment to Klara that it's the first time I've seen a Police car on the motorway in ages (a good thing as well as I'm normally doing 80-90mph) as I crawl past him at 70. Two minutes later the blues come on and I realise that their posh camera system has probably flagged my lack of tax. I pull over and get the usual warning but as I'm clearly guilty there's no point in bull****ing, explain it was a error on my part and promise to get it sorted when I get home. He tells me to wait and wanders back to his car and starts writing tickets. After about 10 minutes he comes back and gives me a ticket for no tax, £60! I'm mildly annoyed at this but I can live with £60 so again promise to get the tax sorted when I get home only to be told that I won't and that my MOT ran out on December 6th Another £60 fine! So I'm £120 down and still need to spend another £170 to get it all sorted, not really what I need a week before Christmas. Pretty pissed off but mainly with myself, my Lotus tax was due Jan and I had it in my head that the Mundano was the same. As for the MOT I thought it had a year when I bought it so I was OK till May/June. Still as much as I hate to admit it I doubt I'll forget again though I am a (generally) law abiding, tax paying, honest chap so I am a nice easy target.