alloy tax disc holder

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rob davey

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 Cookham, Berkshire
Has anyone else found that alloy tax disc holders are a nightmare to stick and stay on the z4's screen! :headbang:
 
I bought new sticky pads from Halfords, it has been fine now for a year. The previous stickies did not work and the disc was all over the place. Placing them on the right location on the screen is sooooo important. I put it slightly higher as well so the screen is a bit flatter there.
 
Mine has ben on for 2 years no problem. Had to work the sticky spot location very carefully due to the curve.
Might ditch it though as the alloy looks a bit 'loud' on the screen and tone down to a black plastic disc.
 
Mine fell off after a year so I renewed the sticky pads, I stuck one of my redundant 'M' badges on the back of it so it's a little heavier than standard.
 
I usually put mine behind the rear view mirror for two reasons. 1) it's out of the corner of the window so I can the whole wing for parking, 2) it keeps the sun from coming through the gap between the sunshades and the mirror.
 
3) You will get a fine from an overzealous traffic warden as it is not in the legal defined location.
 
pvr said:
3) You will get a fine from an overzealous traffic warden as it is not in the legal defined location.
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Certainly would around here (Birmingham area) You currently get pulled by the ANR cameras on all the main roads and at the same time they take the opportunity to get people for seatbelts, tinted glass, number plate font, etc. Tax disc would be just one more.
 
pvr said:
3) You will get a fine from an overzealous traffic warden as it is not in the legal defined location.
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True, but they don't need any reason anyway. I've had it in the same position on my M5s for about 8 years, been stopped for speeding many times (never had a ticket though), been through ANPR/VOSA checks, been through MOTs and it's never been mentioned.

The law only says:

The Law said:
Regulation 6 Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002

The licence shall be fixed to the vehicle protected from the weather and clearly visible in daylight from the nearside of the road and exhibited:

Vehicles with windscreens extending across the front of the driver to the nearside:
- on or adjacent to the nearside of the windscreen
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Doesn't stipulate an exact position, and I'd argue that within 3ft of the nearside edge of the window is close enough to be classed as 'adjacent to', plus in it's normal position (bottom nearside) it would block some of the swept area of the screen, thus I can't comply with both parts of the law at the same time :D

I suppose that the best & lawful place for it would be at the top of the nearside section of the screen which would avoid the swept area and be in the lawful nearside bit too.

Liverpool is adjacent to Birkenhead, but it's about a mile away :thumbsup:
 
mmm-five
Interesting debate...
I'm sure you'd get away with it under normal circumstances and doubt any MOT station would really care. My buddy has a Jeep with an Italian sized number plate on the front . Has done so for a decde and never been stopped once. Totally illegal and he knows it.

I'd love to try your angle in court, but suggest they'd do you if they were minded as adjacent would have to be in the left corner where 99.99% of people display their licence and equally I doubt it could be clearly read in the centre of the screen. At the very least I'd not want a zipper encrusted traffic warden leaning over my bonnet to try to read it....lol
 
I always kept having problems with these disc holders, mainly because i really didn't clean the glass well enough.

I bought one which was designed so you could pack out the pads so the curve of the screen was missed.

3 out of 3 i did a year or two ago are still fine.

Cheers

PaulN

Plus it has a slide Mech instead of the allen key hassle.
 
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