Couldn't make it up - Part 1
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Couldn't make it up - Part 1
Remember when paper tax discs phased out and it was all transferred to online?
Well it was done to save £10 million p.a. in admin costs.
The Exchequer is apparently £100 million p.a. down in income from drivers failing to renew their road tax.
Well it was done to save £10 million p.a. in admin costs.
The Exchequer is apparently £100 million p.a. down in income from drivers failing to renew their road tax.
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Re: Couldn't make it up - Part 1
This does not surprise me in the slightest.
The whole system is fecked
The whole system is fecked
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Re: Couldn't make it up - Part 1
There’s a regular ANPR set up on the A12 at Boreham, the van pings the offenders and fast pursuit reels them in, delivers them to the processing area and it all goes round again, they were at on Wednesday afternoon this week when I came through.
That’s a lot of manpower and equipment tied up doing what a small piece of paper and a Traffic Warden used to do.
That’s a lot of manpower and equipment tied up doing what a small piece of paper and a Traffic Warden used to do.
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Re: Couldn't make it up - Part 1
It's very short sighted. But that's what this government seems to love doing - save a few quid without thinking about the overall impact and possible costs.
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Re: Couldn't make it up - Part 1
There's no reason the paperless tax system shouldn't work besides incompetence and poor planning.
Technically speaking, any vehicle not SORN'd should be taxed therefore anything not SORN'd or taxed should be fined.
ANPR cameras are setup everywhere near me on lamp posts, they will be able to tell if a SORN'd vehicle is being used on the road so fine them.
There shouldn't be an issue
Technically speaking, any vehicle not SORN'd should be taxed therefore anything not SORN'd or taxed should be fined.
ANPR cameras are setup everywhere near me on lamp posts, they will be able to tell if a SORN'd vehicle is being used on the road so fine them.
There shouldn't be an issue
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Re: Couldn't make it up - Part 1
That means someone has to trace the vehicles address. Send a NIP, maybe take them to court. All manpower this Govt cannot be arsed to fund.Cav wrote:There's no reason the paperless tax system shouldn't work besides incompetence and poor planning.
Technically speaking, any vehicle not SORN'd should be taxed therefore anything not SORN'd or taxed should be fined.
ANPR cameras are setup everywhere near me on lamp posts, they will be able to tell if a SORN'd vehicle is being used on the road so fine them.
There shouldn't be an issue
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Re: Couldn't make it up - Part 1
And whilst we are talking about courts, Successive Govt has closed so many that some now have to travel 40-50 miles to their nearest Magistrates Court. So they don't bother turning up. Another vicious circle of unnecessary cost.
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Re: Couldn't make it up - Part 1
This is also stored digitally... They've somehow made this entire system terribleduke63 wrote:That means someone has to trace the vehicles address. Send a NIP, maybe take them to court. All manpower this Govt cannot be arsed to fund.Cav wrote:There's no reason the paperless tax system shouldn't work besides incompetence and poor planning.
Technically speaking, any vehicle not SORN'd should be taxed therefore anything not SORN'd or taxed should be fined.
ANPR cameras are setup everywhere near me on lamp posts, they will be able to tell if a SORN'd vehicle is being used on the road so fine them.
There shouldn't be an issue
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Re: Couldn't make it up - Part 1
the largest cost of most enterprises is labour which is why the drive for automation of systems is continuing apace despite the problems it creates .
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Re: Couldn't make it up - Part 1
I'm sure G4S will be along shortly to provide a cost effective solution to the problem.
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Re: Couldn't make it up - Part 1
Probably be buying your road tax from them very soon.Kwacky wrote:I'm sure G4S will be along shortly to provide a cost effective solution to the problem.
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Re: Couldn't make it up - Part 1
When it’s Government jobs being lost then it also assumes the private sector will take up the slack otherwise it probably costs the Government more to re train the individuals or pay them to do nothing.Jack wrote:the largest cost of most enterprises is labour which is why the drive for automation of systems is continuing apace despite the problems it creates .
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Re: Couldn't make it up - Part 1
when it's government jobs being lost it makes it a more attractive proposition for a private concern to take it over and it's failing gives the Government a good excuse to sell it off in the name of providing a better or more competetive or more cost effective service which as far as I can see has NEVER happenedduke63 wrote:When it’s Government jobs being lost then it also assumes the private sector will take up the slack otherwise it probably costs the Government more to re train the individuals or pay them to do nothing.Jack wrote:the largest cost of most enterprises is labour which is why the drive for automation of systems is continuing apace despite the problems it creates .