Got a tax disc but not in my car till my boyfriend gets home,can i still drive it?

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farshadowman	if it's the applicable tax disk for the vehicle and your legal yes, it does not have to be in your actual possesion Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Not Ecky Boy	yes. But when does he get home? If it's like in 3 weeks or something, you just might get caught. Depends where you live, too. And if you park where there are traffic wardens, they will shop you. But if it's just for a day or two you should be Okay. The car IS taxed after all, you are just "failing to display". Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

hellokitty	Yes if you want to risk loosing your licence! If you have an accident in a car with no valid tax disc displayed you are techically not driving with any insurance. So who would pay for the damage, and do you want to get banged up? The choice is yours! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Ivan R	Hello, (ANS) YES! certainly you can drive the vehicle because a) you've paid for a new disk & so are upto date, hence the vehicle is vaild. b) dont get stopped by the police or traffic warden if you avoid it because that would be a hassle as you would have to explain the situation c) The police can check to see if your telling the trueth about the tax disk anyway so you would be OK even if stopped. IR Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

talkingformydog	The law says the disc has to be displayed on the windscreen but you might be able to get away with it if you explain you do have it because the date you bought it appears on the disc !! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Mid	Everyone knows what this tax disc is but me. lol What is that ? Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

psych_78	Yes you can!! If you get pulled up by the police they can do a check and will see that you purchased a tax disc!! However depending on where you live you may get a fine from a parking attendant. In some towns/boroughs the parking attendants have the power to hand out fines for untaxed cars!! But once again you could just appeal the ticket!! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Mick	Your tax disc should be on show at all times Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

The tagg master	yes he can but hurry up as soon as you buy it it is logges with the dvla but dont be complacent a s a p put it in the window or you might get a ticket for failure to disply of the police ot wardens Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

champagne	i wouldnt risk it if i were you.you really shouldnt unless its displayed Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

taz c	If you ask if you can drive it, you've obviously got keys to get in the car & put the tax disc in the window, so why wait & risk a fine that will put the car off the road. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Alex	Technically, you can't, but in all likelihood, even if you were stopped, the police would not take any action once you explain the situation. They would probably just ask you to make sure you got it back asap. They just need to do a simple check to realise the car is taxed. However it might be a good idea to put an old tax disc or somethign that looks like a tax disc in it's place until you get the real one back so that you don't attract as much attention. Otherwise you'll be more likely to have the continual inconvinience of being stopped by the police until you get it back, or being reported to the DVLA by people who should mind their own business, as it's blindingly obvious if theres nothing there at all! So in summary, technically no you can't, but effectively in reality, yes you can becuase it's unlikely anything will happen. p.s People who report cars for not having tax should mind their own business and stop stereotyping people with cars without a current disk as all the same, naming no names ^ cough cough ^. Your case is the typical example of this. Often the situation is not as black and white as you'd like to think. Let the system do it's job without interfering. They're probably sh*tting themselves already every time they have to drive it incase they get stopped, and might intend to get one asap but have nowhere else to keep the car in the mean time and u could be opening a whole can of worms for a nice person and causing stress for them by reporting them. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

The Alchemist	You might get issued a ticket and in which case the DVLA will be informed. They will look on their computer as to whether the vehical is taxed or not and will inform the Police Officer if it is or isn't. If the vehicle is taxed then the offence will change from not having and excise licence to failure to display and excise licence. But action is rarely taken on this. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

c.j.davies	I'm confused by your question, at first I thought you haven't go the keys to get in and display the tax disc but you are asking whether you can drive it so you must have the keys. If you have the tax disc and the keys to the car - display the new tax disc. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

voodoobluesman	Yes, but not if you're drunk! Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

dumplingmuffin	not if you live in the uk,as it is already nearly 2 weeks overdue Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

thecoldvoiceofreason	Yes you can, if you bought it online its automatically recorded on the police national computer, so if they radio in your cars reg no for any reason they wont get told that it has a vehicle excise expired marker against it. That said it is an offence to not display your tax disk but i'd be very surprised if you were actually booked for it. So yes you can as you are taxed but if you get some jobsworth plod you still could be prosecuted. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

fozmonkey	No, you have to diplay the disk at all times. You can be done if you do not. There are a lot of cameras that recognise out of date disks now, esp. on motorways and roadside checks. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

C	I think you can yes, plus even if you are stopped they will just run a check through dvla and see that you do have one, then they will just give you a minor telling off for not displaying it, Its worth the risk as I seriously doubt you would get caught. Mind you the police are pretty good at stopping the law abiding folk for minor offences while the real criminals get away with what ever they want. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Sani	You have tax disc for your car, but you must display else you can be fined. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

danny s	legaly no you cant drive till the disc is in the car Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Hi T	You can get prosecuted for failure to display the disc, although they probably wouldn't prosecute when they find you actually have one, but I wouldn't want to take that chance. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

beanie	Ignore all comments that say Yes. If you drive the car without a tax disc you would be committing an offence of failing to display! I know, I have called the police and dvla once before to check this. Don't do it!! Then don't even give you grace if you lost the disc. It makes no difference to them whether you have paid for it. Not displaying it is a seperate offence. Next time, look at the back of the tax disc, its all on there. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

egyptiandave	It is an offence not to display a valid tax disk. SIMPLE Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

David M	The motoring offecnce is for NOT displaying a valid tax disc - irrespective of whether you have one or not. If you are 100% percent sure that he has got it for you and that if stopped your car could pass a visual road worthiness examination by a policeman then go ahead. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Chadders	It's an offence not to display a current tax disc in the car you are driving on a public road. If you get caught the police can confiscate your car until you show them the tax disc and that will cost you. Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No

Sir Sidney Snot	Not officially it HAS to be displayed in the car Was this answer helpful to you? Yes / No