We will actually lose something when we get rid of our motor tax discs

ColumnMotoring Is nobody thinking of the velologists? IF YOU EVER find yourself seated next to a velologist at a dinner party, settle in. Velology is the study and collection of tax discs, and yes, it is a real word, with a real community behind it, an active Facebook group swapping scans of rare finds, and a proper publication, The Velologist, running for decades. A rare 1921 disc, from the very first year of issue, holds the collectors’ record at over £1,300. Someone out there has spent more on a scrap of expired paper than most people spend taxing an actual car for a year, and they will happily tell you why, at length, given the chance. Velologists are about to have a bittersweet couple of years, because the object of their affection is being phased out. There’s a particular kind of Iri