Possibly stupid question about ANPR

[Red Devil]

SpeckledJim said:

Johnnytheboy said:

rs1952 said:

SpeckledJim said:

Huh? You reckon you can drive without tax / MOT / insurance as long as it's not your car?

The owner of a vehicle is responsible for keeping it road legal ie. having insurance, tax and MOT if applicable.

If you are driving somebody else's car then you are responsible for having insurance cover in place which covers you to drive it. That is a different matter altogether.

You've got to the nub of my reason for posting.

Is the offence not taxing your car/not having an MOT, or is it driving it without tax/MOT?

A car has to have an MOT to be driven on the road (with one irrelevant exception). If you've taken a car on the road without one, you're in trouble.

A car is perfectly allowed to not have an MOT, as long as it isn't on the road.

I'm shocked that anyone on here could commit such a gaffe. Three statements of fact, all of which are in error.
A car which has yet to reach the third anniversary of its first registration is not required to be tested, so won't have a MOT certificate.
Even the often misleading gov.uk site manages to get that right - https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot/mot-test-fees

[Terminator X]

covboy said:

It’s a subject that’s cropped up on SP&L regularly as to what ANPR cameras functions are, and the general consensus is unless they are particularly tasked for MOT/Insurance anomalies – they are not that bothered.

Only a matter of time though Shirley?

TX.

[SpeckledJim]

Red Devil said:

SpeckledJim said:

Johnnytheboy said:

rs1952 said:

SpeckledJim said:

Huh? You reckon you can drive without tax / MOT / insurance as long as it's not your car?

The owner of a vehicle is responsible for keeping it road legal ie. having insurance, tax and MOT if applicable.

If you are driving somebody else's car then you are responsible for having insurance cover in place which covers you to drive it. That is a different matter altogether.

You've got to the nub of my reason for posting.

Is the offence not taxing your car/not having an MOT, or is it driving it without tax/MOT?

A car has to have an MOT to be driven on the road (with one irrelevant exception). If you've taken a car on the road without one, you're in trouble.

A car is perfectly allowed to not have an MOT, as long as it isn't on the road.

I'm shocked that anyone on here could commit such a gaffe. Three statements of fact, all of which are in error.
A car which has yet to reach the third anniversary of its first registration is not required to be tested, so won't have a MOT certificate.
Even the often misleading gov.uk site manages to get that right - https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot/mot-test-fees

You are of course, completely correct.

I am, of course, completely remiss.

Once a car is three years old, I am, I think, completely correct.