Originally Posted by Doug Stirling

OK..................lots of replys that are motr-or-less spot-on

Spent an hour driving around looking for a traffic car (they use mostly Mercrdes estates around here)............NONE were found - even in the usual hide-outs

Went into Yeovil police station and spoke to a WPC behind the counter.

Showed her the printed receipt showing 1 years tax bought & paid for by credit card this morning. I asked her the question re me driving around tomorrow/day after with the old (expired midnight today) disc on the screen.

Without hesitation she said I would be reported for failing to display a valid tax disc - simple as that.

I pushed her on weather or not I would be fined and she said she did not know, but the fact is that it was her duty to report me for breaking a specific law, "not displaying a valid tax disc".

TBH, I was wondering on the drive back, would a traffic officer do any different (after showing him/her the receipt as mitigation), doubt it somehow.