legality issue

[Messenjah]

hi guys,

 

picking up my tina estate this afternoon and ive rung my insurance compnay and i am now insured .... the car has no mot and is tax free but needs a new disc the car is in woodford green and i live in stevenage can i legally drive it from there to here aslong as i go straight to an mot station ?

[omj624p]

There are 2 offences...

 

1. failure to buy tax (or renew the 'free' tax disc)

 

2. Failure to display disc.

 

If you go online and buy tax/register tax free, then you can drive past the roadside cameras and they will think you are legal and leave you alone. However you can still be in trouble for not displaying.

 

As I understand it you need valid tax to get away with the free drive to an MOT station with no MOT.

 

 

Also, the MOT station has to be within a 'reasonable' distance. It's not a free ticket to drive anywhere in the uk

 

 

Id say it's a bit of a risk to drive it home!

[Mk2Jo]

As far as I understood it as long as you are on your way to the MOT station you are covered but I am not a legal person so am not sure ..... if you are unsure, why not ring your insurance company - they may be able to help you

 

 

Edit: Found this on www.ukmot.com

 

IF I HAVE NO TAX OR MOT CAN DRIVE MY CAR?

 

Any vehicle can be driven to and from a testing station for the purposes of having its MOT by appointment without tax and a MOT but must be INSURED, if there are any faults that are notified to you either on an advisory note or a VT30 failure certificate, then if you remove the vehicle from the garage to have the faults rectified and have accident then if the fault was a contributory factor then you could have a problem with your insurance :ie faulty tyres would be a good example

[escamino]

As Jo said, don't need tax just insurance. (can't get tax without MOT)

 

the MOT station has to be within a 'reasonable' distance. It's not a free ticket to drive anywhere in the uk

 

This is also true.

[Stu_B]

 

As I understand it you need valid tax to get away with the free drive to an MOT station with no MOT.

 

..but you need an MOT to tax a car!

 

 

Also, the MOT station has to be within a 'reasonable' distance. It's not a free ticket to drive anywhere in the uk

 

 

Id say it's a bit of a risk to drive it home!

 

[omj624p]

I wouldnt risk it, if you go through a camera checking thinggy, you'll get a fine in the post. It wont bother to find out if you're on the way to an MOT or not.

[Smudger105e]

As long as you can confirm the MoT appointment then any NIP regarding no tax would be contestable, I'm sure. You have to be able to get a car to a garage for an MoT without tax, becuase as has previously been said no MoT = no tax, so how would you get the MoT? Trailer the car to the garage?

[Stu_B]

I think the issue is the location of the MOT station compared to the car. I couldn't buy a car in Scotland, insure it & book it into an MOT station at my home in Somerset just so I can drive it home legally, It'd have to be within reasonable distance.

[bortaf]

I've asked the police before and legaly there no distance limit for the MOT station, it's a "grey" area.

was you trying to get hold of me? smashed me phone by running over it with me truck

PM'd you my home number in case you still want it picking up

[Smudger105e]

was you trying to get hold of me? smashed me phone by running over it with me truck

PM'd you my home number in case you still want it picking up

 

[bortaf]

Am i the only clumsy fecker who's run over his mobile on here

it's the 3rd time i've done it just worked out how to use the thing as well

scrapped 2 in fragged cars last year as well

[ZetecVan 2.0]

To use the 'I'm off to the MOT station' card, you need to pre-book it in with that MOT station. If it's not prebooked then you will get done.

[bomber1]

Am i the only clumsy fecker who's run over his mobile on here

it's the 3rd time i've done it just worked out how to use the thing as well

scrapped 2 in fragged cars last year as well

 

not quite that bad m8 as i run my phone over with the escort about a fortnight ago. tho its quite a thin phone so i bent it straight again and its working fine

[Muttley MK2]

Very simple, M.O.T station is too far away. By "a reasonable distance " vosa state that a test centre in the immediate vicinity of the vehicle or if remote, then the nearest station. It is not a grey area for the police and if they find you travelling more than about ten miles they WILL nick u. I am a tester and my best mate is a traffic cop!!

[bortaf]

Very simple, M.O.T station is too far away. By "a reasonable distance " vosa state that a test centre in the immediate vicinity of the vehicle or if remote, then the nearest station. It is not a grey area for the police and if they find you travelling more than about ten miles they WILL nick u. I am a tester and my best mate is a traffic cop!!

 

Not arguing the point but what i posted was what i was told by email reply from Sussex cheif constable to an enquirey about driving an un MOT'd car from London to Brighton to a pre booked MOT

Last year when i was "in between" recovery trucks

Well from somone who answers his emails anyway i doubt it was from himself actually