Driving without MOT question.
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Hello,
I think I know the answer but I would like to check.
I had my car booked in for a MOT yesterday however on Thursday I had to go into hospital which I'm still here waiting to be released.
I'm now on a ward so touch wood I'll be able to leave tomorrow however now my MOT has expired and I cannot book one until Monday (I've been in the ward 5 mins so didn't know until 10 mins ago I may be able to leave).
As it's a Sunday with no MOT stations open (unless anyone knows any in Huddersfield?) am I able to drive my car home or would I have to leave it in the car park until Monday/book an MOT.
Cheers
I think I know the answer but I would like to check.
I had my car booked in for a MOT yesterday however on Thursday I had to go into hospital which I'm still here waiting to be released.
I'm now on a ward so touch wood I'll be able to leave tomorrow however now my MOT has expired and I cannot book one until Monday (I've been in the ward 5 mins so didn't know until 10 mins ago I may be able to leave).
As it's a Sunday with no MOT stations open (unless anyone knows any in Huddersfield?) am I able to drive my car home or would I have to leave it in the car park until Monday/book an MOT.
Cheers
from on line, KWIK FIT are open on Sundays and seem to do MOTs most days. Though ,the last part of the name suggests their policy on passing (FIT ,as in fit up), i'e, don't expect a pass unless they do some work . Be handy if the place is on way home. Book it in, drive car home and phone in to cancel . You could always say you've found some problem that you're not happy with ( perfectly true =their morality)and cancel test.
stuart313 said:
I got caught with no MOT last year, the copper said he could seize the vehicle, I said he couldn't. I was obviously right as he just drove off.
Does this not depend on the road worthiness of the vehicle at the time? If he felt that there was some justification such as a major defect that required a prohibition then he could have stopped you driving the vehicle irrespective of whether you had an MOT or not.Granted it's not quite the same as seizing it but it would still be a pain.
I had to get my wife to MOT my Saab this year as my driver's seat has decided to call me fat by putting the airbag warning light on when I sit down. It doesn't do it when she drives it so she had to take it for its test. I've checked all the connectors but I'll be buggered if I can find the fault!
SiH said:
Does this not depend on the road worthiness of the vehicle at the time? If he felt that there was some justification such as a major defect that required a prohibition then he could have stopped you driving the vehicle irrespective of whether you had an MOT or not.
Granted it's not quite the same as seizing it but it would still be a pain.
I had to get my wife to MOT my Saab this year as my driver's seat has decided to call me fat by putting the airbag warning light on when I sit down. It doesn't do it when she drives it so she had to take it for its test. I've checked all the connectors but I'll be buggered if I can find the fault!
Surely, then, it is the weight of the tester, not the (delivery) driver, that is critical?Granted it's not quite the same as seizing it but it would still be a pain.
I had to get my wife to MOT my Saab this year as my driver's seat has decided to call me fat by putting the airbag warning light on when I sit down. It doesn't do it when she drives it so she had to take it for its test. I've checked all the connectors but I'll be buggered if I can find the fault!
I thought the regulation was that you could take the vehicle for repairs. So, can you not take it for repairs at home, prior to the MoT? (3a)
"22 (1) A vehicle is an exempt vehicle when it is being used solely for the purpose of—
(a) submitting it (by previous arrangement for a specified time on a specified date) for a compulsory test, or
(b) bringing it away from a compulsory test.
(2) A vehicle is an exempt vehicle when it is being used by an authorised person in the course of a compulsory test solely for the purpose of—
(a) taking it to, or bringing it away from, a place where a part of the test is to be, or has been, carried out, or
(b) carrying out a part of the test.
(3) Where the relevant certificate is refused on a compulsory test of a vehicle the vehicle is an exempt vehicle when it is being used solely for the purpose of—
(a) delivering it (by previous arrangement for a specified time on a specified date) at a place where relevant work is to be done on it, or
(b) bringing it away from a place where relevant work has been done on it. "
The only part that could be an issue is that I think, in theory, you have to have failed the test before you can take it for repair - based on the wording of (3)
"22 (1) A vehicle is an exempt vehicle when it is being used solely for the purpose of—
(a) submitting it (by previous arrangement for a specified time on a specified date) for a compulsory test, or
(b) bringing it away from a compulsory test.
(2) A vehicle is an exempt vehicle when it is being used by an authorised person in the course of a compulsory test solely for the purpose of—
(a) taking it to, or bringing it away from, a place where a part of the test is to be, or has been, carried out, or
(b) carrying out a part of the test.
(3) Where the relevant certificate is refused on a compulsory test of a vehicle the vehicle is an exempt vehicle when it is being used solely for the purpose of—
(a) delivering it (by previous arrangement for a specified time on a specified date) at a place where relevant work is to be done on it, or
(b) bringing it away from a place where relevant work has been done on it. "
The only part that could be an issue is that I think, in theory, you have to have failed the test before you can take it for repair - based on the wording of (3)
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