Worried UK motorists have bombarded the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) website causing it to crush as they rushed to pay their car tax online..
From this Wednesday, drivers don’t have to display the paper discs familiar to all in the windscreen.
But that means that motorists trying to renew their car tax by Wednesday have been frustrated because the DVLA technology can’t cope with the demand.
According to the BBC, the DVLA said 30,000 people visited its web site compared to the same day in 2013. It said that if motorists can’t get online, they should renew their car tax at UK Post Offices.
The RAC has claimed that the digital system will mean tax dodging costing £167 million a year, a claim that the DVLA rebuts.
So how is the DVLA spot the tax dodgers? It is relying on cameras that use number plate recognition cameras.
