Star columnist Peter Rhodes has achieved a new personal best and wants to tell you about his views on car tax a beautiful illusion and the countryside

A small ripple of applause, please. I have just halved my personal best time for taxing the car online, from four minutes to two.

The good news is that technology makes such chores easier than ever. The bad news is that, despite all the computer power, roadside surveillance kit and automatic fines, about 498,000 vehicles on UK roads are untaxed. Extraordinary.

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