| The Law and Tax Discs | |
| Where to mount them - car | |
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Official discs should
be displayed behind glass, and be clearly visible from the front of the vehicle. For a car, this is usually the left hand bottom corner of the windscreen. Rather than use a modern holder like this, go to www.classiccapsule.co.uk who have a huge range of disc holders and other classic items. Motorcycle tax discs are generally displayed in a purpose made glass fronted holder mounted on the left hand side of the machine. Older bikes used the left headlamp mounting bolt. You can purchase motorcycle disc holders from this website - see link above.
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| Where to mount them - motorcycle | |
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It is quite legal to use a vehicle on the road using a reproduction disc (apart from a reproduction of a current one of course). The official disc must however also be on view, even for tax exempt vehicles as its presence indicates that the vehicle was tested and insured when purchased. On my motorcycles, I put the repro. one in a prominent position, and the official one somewhere a bit less so (see photo). With cars, put the repro disc on the
windscreen, and the current one on the shelf, visible through the windscreen. I have
always found traffic wardens and police very sympathetic, and generally somewhat amused by
this practice for tax-exempt vehicles. For post 1975 vehicles, it would probably be
advisable to put both in the windscreen in case a jobsworth appears on the scene. |
| An alternative solution | |
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One of my customers, Alan Goff has
made a great job of restoring this Triumph Tiger Cub. He has the current disc on the left hand side, with an additional holder for the 1963 reproduction one on the right.
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