Driving with no MOT
Discussion
Hi,
Ah yes, my mate Fred from Pontardawe, in the Swansea Valley.
I didn't know he had stopped for petrol, only that he had spent about 20 minutes chatting to the girl in the tobacconist.
A brave man!
Incidentally, about not being insured if you don't have an MOT. Provided you have a licence to drive what you are driving, the insurers find it very difficult to refuse a THIRD PARTY claim. I think it's covered in the RTA 1984, para 148. If you were run down by a drunk driver, you would expect his insurance to pay out. But I doubt that his insurers would pay him to wash your blood of his car ... "So sue us!" Your insurers do not HAVE to pay anybody until a court says they must.
The same might apply for not having an MOT, unless you are going to a pre-booked MOT, returning from an MOT, or taking your car, by prior arrangement, to a PLACE where the NECESSARY repairs are to be carried out.
602
Ah yes, my mate Fred from Pontardawe, in the Swansea Valley.
I didn't know he had stopped for petrol, only that he had spent about 20 minutes chatting to the girl in the tobacconist.
A brave man!
Incidentally, about not being insured if you don't have an MOT. Provided you have a licence to drive what you are driving, the insurers find it very difficult to refuse a THIRD PARTY claim. I think it's covered in the RTA 1984, para 148. If you were run down by a drunk driver, you would expect his insurance to pay out. But I doubt that his insurers would pay him to wash your blood of his car ... "So sue us!" Your insurers do not HAVE to pay anybody until a court says they must.
The same might apply for not having an MOT, unless you are going to a pre-booked MOT, returning from an MOT, or taking your car, by prior arrangement, to a PLACE where the NECESSARY repairs are to be carried out.
602
w3526602 said:
Incidentally, about not being insured if you don't have an MOT. Provided you have a licence to drive what you are driving, the insurers find it very difficult to refuse a THIRD PARTY claim. I think it's covered in the RTA 1984, para 148. If you were run down by a drunk driver, you would expect his insurance to pay out. But I doubt that his insurers would pay him to wash your blood of his car ... "So sue us!" Your insurers do not HAVE to pay anybody until a court says they must.
Another old chestnut. As far as I know, only one insurer (the nautical one) has this condition. The others, far more reasonably, just require the car to be roadworthy. And plenty of things a car might fail an MOT on have nothing to do with basic roadworthyness. Kindness to flowers and pedestrians yes, roadworthyness no. w3526602 said:
Hi,
Ah yes, my mate Fred from Pontardawe, in the Swansea Valley.
I didn't know he had stopped for petrol, only that he had spent about 20 minutes chatting to the girl in the tobacconist.
A brave man!
Incidentally, about not being insured if you don't have an MOT. Provided you have a licence to drive what you are driving, the insurers find it very difficult to refuse a THIRD PARTY claim. I think it's covered in the RTA 1984, para 148. If you were run down by a drunk driver, you would expect his insurance to pay out. But I doubt that his insurers would pay him to wash your blood of his car ... "So sue us!" Your insurers do not HAVE to pay anybody until a court says they must.
The same might apply for not having an MOT, unless you are going to a pre-booked MOT, returning from an MOT, or taking your car, by prior arrangement, to a PLACE where the NECESSARY repairs are to be carried out.
602
Top thread revival and sleuthing! Ah yes, my mate Fred from Pontardawe, in the Swansea Valley.
I didn't know he had stopped for petrol, only that he had spent about 20 minutes chatting to the girl in the tobacconist.
A brave man!
Incidentally, about not being insured if you don't have an MOT. Provided you have a licence to drive what you are driving, the insurers find it very difficult to refuse a THIRD PARTY claim. I think it's covered in the RTA 1984, para 148. If you were run down by a drunk driver, you would expect his insurance to pay out. But I doubt that his insurers would pay him to wash your blood of his car ... "So sue us!" Your insurers do not HAVE to pay anybody until a court says they must.
The same might apply for not having an MOT, unless you are going to a pre-booked MOT, returning from an MOT, or taking your car, by prior arrangement, to a PLACE where the NECESSARY repairs are to be carried out.
602
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