My tax disc ran out on 30 June. I applied for a new one by telephone on the 26th. It didn't turn up. Later I called again and the DVLA person said she would send me another one. It didn't turn up either. Next time I called she was apologetic, but told me I am liable for a pull because the '14 days grace period' has expired! I could get one issued over the counter at the post office in Redhill, I was told.
Today at 1.30 I set off for Redhill, some 30 miles or more away. There are two routes and I chose the wrong one. On the tightest bend on the A29, not far from Dorking from where I would have turned off for Redhill, there were blue lights and uniforms, and cars turning round and going back. A motorcyclist had come off on the bend and gone under a tanker, a bloke told me. The motorcyclist had got up and was in the ambulance, but I know from experience that these delays in awkward places are very open-ended indeed. Herself needs the jalopy at 4 for some nipper ferrying. Had I waited I could have been late, or had to rush back at top speed which is stressful what with all the mimsers and Surrey blondes in lumbering mimsing oriental jeeps.
So we have to take our chances for another day or so. Who do we sue if we get fined (and for the petrol I've wasted today): the DVLA, the Post Office or ourselves?
- Outraged, West Sussex
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