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Last week was the Chancellor's Autumn Statement, and while I have to mention the freeze on fuel duty for the remainder of this Parliament (which is welcome news for all drivers) it's not the announcement I'm going to focus on.
October next year will see the end of an era as the paper tax disc is scrapped. It's been a fixture in our windscreens for as long as I can remember, and it's definitely a change that drivers will notice. Instead they will be able to pay their Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) by direct debit.
However, for all apart from the most sentimental among us, this will be a good thing. It will simplify an outdated process and saving us time and effort. Filling out paperwork and trips to the post office will be a thing of the past.
The new system also provides greater flexibility as motorists can spread payments on a monthly basis as opposed to the previous full or half year options. It makes perfect sense in a modern world where we are used to transacting online.
The DVLA and the police use an electronic vehicle register for more and more tasks and this is a logical next step.
It also begs the question, what next? For example, insurance details are already held in a central system and it looks like the paper driving licence will disappear in 2015.
In modern times we have an expectation that more things should be electronic, that they should be easier and faster. Motoring certainly isn't an area that should be left behind and it looks as though this wont be the case.
So along with the fuel duty freeze that I mentioned at the outset, this is a pragmatic step for motorists and one that responds to modern trends in motoring.
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