Driving without MOT

Firstly I do not condone driving without MOT tax or insurance but.........
I have been overseas with work for a few months and in this time my MOT has expired, I require to drive to a local garage to use their ramps to do some work on my Landy to get it through the MOT. I know if you have booked a MOT you can drive to the grage conducting the MOT but was not sure on the legislation regarding driving to a garage to fix the car, the MOT will not be conducted at this garage so I can't "book" a MOT with them!

Any advice on this issue will be greatly appreciated

To be legal it should be traillered.

you'll need to get it towed or trailered to the garage then

if it's a garage ask to borrow their trade plates

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cant you book it there and not enter it?Wont get you home tho.

you'd probably get away with the one journey - gets you to the garage and if you then leaves it there til the works done and your mot'ed, provided some little know it all **** of a junior pc doesnt get all yampy, my experience of her majesties finest is that the little ones are a bit to keen whereas onece they've bin on the job for a bit they calm down - sayin that it all depends on how you speak to em when and if they pulls you over.

I agree with the above, but from experience, driving without MOT is not an endorsable offence, just a £60 on-the-spot jobbie. Depending who pulls you (West Yorkshire Police Land Rover owner does help), you just say "yes, I'm on my way to book it in now" then frantically ring Neil to get it MOT'd before home time...

Take5 said:

I agree with the above, but from experience, driving without MOT is not an endorsable offence, just a £60 on-the-spot jobbie. Depending who pulls you (West Yorkshire Police Land Rover owner does help), you just say "yes, I'm on my way to book it in now" then frantically ring Neil to get it MOT'd before home time...

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except when you get an arsey plod who then ups it to driving with no insurance because your insurance is invalid if the vehicle isn't mot'd

Hi,

Hmmmm! So it appears if your car has a MOT it is safe to drive, and if the MOT has expired then your car is a danger to the population. I think "possibly", not necessarily "probably".

When was the last time you saw an MOT tester check your tyre pressures or wheel nuts?

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goods point there

**** em.if the lights etc work and you aint no hazzard do it.
i done 400 miles+ to get to my "mot"

Driving without mot does not necessarily invalidate your insurance , depends on two things , 1 . does it say so on your insurance .
2. Is the vehicle in an unroadworthy condition ?

The first is simple it either does or does not have this as a condition
The second is not so straight forward, as most ins policies use this wording . The ans is a matter of fact , the vehicle may have no mot in force but be perfectly roadworthy , as is shown most of the time by presenting for MOT and passing . If due to an incident the vehicle was found to have no mot , this would be an offence (s47 RTA ) , if it was then found to be in an unroadworthy condition you might well find problems with the insurance company.
Going back to original question , there is no distance limit in law, to how far you can travel to an MOT , but it must be direct eg no stopping for a burger on the way . It must also be prearranged, you cant just pick a station and turn up for thisparticular part of the definition . You therefore cannot travel without mot to a garage prior to test , only from the garage to the prearranged mot appointment

nothing to say you cant go get some fuel from a station in the iopposite direction though.

What if:

You had a current MOT and was stopped for a spot check and the plod found your car to be dangerous and therefore unroadworthy, what happens then? Just proves an MOT is only worth the test for the day it was done. I digress...........

As for legalities I guess trailoring is the only sure fire way of not getting done. As said other means will be open to the mood of the plod at that time. If the car is booked in for some work then they should let it go if they have a heart....................but I wouldn't hold my breath!

Re going opp direction to get fuel, it would be down to officers discretion , as technically you were not going direct .
If you get stopped with avalid mot , and vehicle is not roadworthy , you will get reported for prosecution , or fpn depending on what it is , if you are taking for repairs , not mot , no exemption , you commit offence . Clear enough really .

there is no distance limit in law, to how far you can travel to an MOT , but it must be direct eg no stopping for a burger on the way

Hi,

Some years ago, my mate Fred in Pontardawe (Swansea Valley) booked an Mot test. He stopped on the way to buy some fags, chatted the shop girl up for 20 minutes. Came out to find a ticket on his screen. DVLA offered him an out-of-court settlement of £110.

Fred decided to go to court. Guilty!

Fred appealed ..... and won.

DVLA couter-appealed ..... and lost.

Personaly I think the decision was wrong. The Act allows you to use your car to drive to an MOT. But as soon as you stop and get out of your car you are "keeping" it, not using it. There is a difference. But hey, why argue when yopu are ahead?

Hey,

My mail posted itself without me telling it to.

Anyway, a couple of years previously, I had given an out-of-court settlement to a lad who had booked an MOT but had to stop at chemist on the way, to get pain-killers for his toothache. As far as I can remember, he paid it .........

I can ask Fred for the detaiols of his appeal, if anyone is interested.

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