Wishful thinking! There's ZERO chance of that happening!

Personally, I think the biggest headache that will come with the withdrawal of the paper disc is that it's going to be more of a chore checking that a secondhand bike (or car) is taxed or not. At the moment it's easy to verify a vehicle advertised as being "taxed"; you just look at the disc. No disc = no tax.

From October 2014 you'll have to search the "Vehicle Enquiry" database on the www.taxdisc.gov.uk website inputting the registration and make to check it's taxed.

Even proving the vehicle has an MOT is a bit of a grey area these days, as no one is issued with a certificate anymore, all you get is an A4 printed receipt "telling you that the pass result has been entered in the VOSA database". You actually need to verfiy the test is genuine at www.direct.gov.uk/check-mot-status to be sure it is valid (as the A4 print out is very easy to forge).

All extra faff when buying secondhand.

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