MOTORISTS whose tax expired on September 30 had since mid-September to renew their road tax online.

Others need do nothing, other than remove their paper disc if they wish, as explained in a DVLA mailing which I received a few weeks ago.

So why was the system overloaded on October 1 with an "unprecedented demand"?

Can anyone explain, because I am baffled?

G Carr, Aycliffe Village.