Rules for taking an uninsured car for mOT
Discussion
I have decided to sell the Alfa 156 V6 and will be putting a new MOT on it. I need to take it to an MOT station for an MOT to see what is required, though I feel I have checked it over and am relatively confident it will pass. If not it will motivate me to get whatever it needs to sort it.
What are the rules about getting the car to an MOT station? It is currently SORN but not insured?
Any assistance appreciated.
The good news is that the OH has agreed we should buy an MX5 as a third car...once this has gone.
What are the rules about getting the car to an MOT station? It is currently SORN but not insured?
Any assistance appreciated.
The good news is that the OH has agreed we should buy an MX5 as a third car...once this has gone.
.aarondbs said:
I have decided to sell the Alfa 156 V6 and will be putting a new MOT on it. I need to take it to an MOT station for an MOT to see what is required, though I feel I have checked it over and am relatively confident it will pass. If not it will motivate me to get whatever it needs to sort it.
What are the rules about getting the car to an MOT station? It is currently SORN but not insured?
Any assistance appreciated.
The good news is that the OH has agreed we should buy an MX5 as a third car...once this has gone.
I'm amazed so many struggle with this.What are the rules about getting the car to an MOT station? It is currently SORN but not insured?
Any assistance appreciated.
The good news is that the OH has agreed we should buy an MX5 as a third car...once this has gone.
It's obvious - you need to be insured to drive it on the road. Driving it without makes you uninsured and obviously opens you up to a lot of risk should you be stopped or if you are involved in any kind of RTA or RTI, even one that isn't your fault, such as a person driving into you.
There are many ways to be insured however.
The other option is to transport/trailer the vehicle.
300bhp/ton said:
I'm amazed so many struggle with this.
It's obvious - you need to be insured to drive it on the road. Driving it without makes you uninsured and obviously opens you up to a lot of risk should you be stopped or if you are involved in any kind of RTA or RTI, even one that isn't your fault, such as a person driving into you.
There are many ways to be insured however.
The other option is to transport/trailer the vehicle.
Must check with my insurance through work as I am allowed to drive any vehicle on it, I had always imagined that car insuarnce was void without MOT. It's obvious - you need to be insured to drive it on the road. Driving it without makes you uninsured and obviously opens you up to a lot of risk should you be stopped or if you are involved in any kind of RTA or RTI, even one that isn't your fault, such as a person driving into you.
There are many ways to be insured however.
The other option is to transport/trailer the vehicle.
Its possible your works insurance allows you to drive any vehicle but that particular vehicle will still have to be independently insured.And yes your insurance could be void driving without an mot but it will still cover third party losses, driving without ins wont and could leave you open to all sorts of prosecution/claims.
aarondbs said:
Must check with my insurance through work as I am allowed to drive any vehicle on it, I had always imagined that car insuarnce was void without MOT.
It's a slightly grey area. There is urban myth that you can drive a car to an MoT without a current MoT. Although I'm not sure I've seen any legislation or regulations to support this.To be road legal your car should have valid road tax, MoT and insurance.
However as you can't get road tax without an MoT there must be some room to allow common sense.
I would pre-book an MoT so you have it as a reference and I would make sure the vehicle is insured one way or another. At least should anything stop you will have valid insurance and you can prove you were on your way for an MoT.
If the car is in no condition to pass an MoT such as bald tyres or body work handing off, then I would not even dream of driving it on the road. As I suspect you'd be at the mercy of any Police officer you might get stopped by. And you'd have to be unlucky for an otherwise sound vehicle on it's way to an MoT that is insured to be a problem. But give them a reason and it would be more likely to cause you grief.
300bhp/ton said:
There is urban myth that you can drive a car to an MoT without a current MoT. Although I'm not sure I've seen any legislation or regulations to support this.
It's not an urban myth..Motor Vehicle Tests Regulations 1981 said:
6. Exemptions
(2) Pursuant to section 44(6) the Secretary of State hereby exempts from section 44(1) for use of a vehicle;
(a) (i) for the purpose of submitting it by previous arrangement for, or bringing it away from, an examination, or
(ii) in the course of an examination, for the purpose of taking it to, or bringing it away from, any place where a part of the examination is to be or, as the case may be, has been, carried out, or of carrying out any part of the examination, the person so using it being either—
(A) an examiner, or a Ministry Inspector or an inspector appointed by a designated council, or
(B) a person acting under the personal direction of an examiner, a Ministry
Inspector or a designated Council, or
(iii) where a test certificate is refused on an examination—
(A) for the purpose of delivering it by previous arrangement at, or bringing it away from, a place where work is to be or has been done on it to remedy for a further examination the defects on the ground of which the test certificate was refused; or
(B) for the purpose of delivering it, by towing it, to a place where the vehicle is to be broken up;
(b) for any purpose for which the vehicle is authorised to be used on roads by an order under section 42;
(c) where the vehicle has been imported into Great Britain, for the purpose of its being driven after arrival in Great Britain on the journey from the place where it has arrived in Great Britain to a place of residence of the owner or driver of the vehicle;
(d) for the purpose of removing it in pursuance of section 3 of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 of moving or removing it in pursuance of regulations under section 20 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 as altered by the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles (Alteration of Enactments) Order 1967 or of removing it from a parking place in pursuance of an order
under section 31(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967, an order relating to a parking place designated under section 35 thereof, or a provision of a designation order having effect by virtue of section 39(2) thereof;
(e) where the vehicle has been detained or seized by a police constable, for police purposes connected with such detention or seizure;
(2) Pursuant to section 44(6) the Secretary of State hereby exempts from section 44(1) for use of a vehicle;
(a) (i) for the purpose of submitting it by previous arrangement for, or bringing it away from, an examination, or
(ii) in the course of an examination, for the purpose of taking it to, or bringing it away from, any place where a part of the examination is to be or, as the case may be, has been, carried out, or of carrying out any part of the examination, the person so using it being either—
(A) an examiner, or a Ministry Inspector or an inspector appointed by a designated council, or
(B) a person acting under the personal direction of an examiner, a Ministry
Inspector or a designated Council, or
(iii) where a test certificate is refused on an examination—
(A) for the purpose of delivering it by previous arrangement at, or bringing it away from, a place where work is to be or has been done on it to remedy for a further examination the defects on the ground of which the test certificate was refused; or
(B) for the purpose of delivering it, by towing it, to a place where the vehicle is to be broken up;
(b) for any purpose for which the vehicle is authorised to be used on roads by an order under section 42;
(c) where the vehicle has been imported into Great Britain, for the purpose of its being driven after arrival in Great Britain on the journey from the place where it has arrived in Great Britain to a place of residence of the owner or driver of the vehicle;
(d) for the purpose of removing it in pursuance of section 3 of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 of moving or removing it in pursuance of regulations under section 20 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 as altered by the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles (Alteration of Enactments) Order 1967 or of removing it from a parking place in pursuance of an order
under section 31(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967, an order relating to a parking place designated under section 35 thereof, or a provision of a designation order having effect by virtue of section 39(2) thereof;
(e) where the vehicle has been detained or seized by a police constable, for police purposes connected with such detention or seizure;
300bhp/ton said:
Presume this was referring to the MoT and maybe road tax, rather than being exempt from being insured though?
Yes, the regulations exempt the vehicle from MOT & tax when it is being driven to (or from) a pre-arranged test, or to place where repairs are to be carried out following a failed test.The vehicle must be insured to be used on the road (ie there's no exemption from that), and the regulations do not provide exemptions from any defects which may make the vehicle unroadworthy, nor would they protect the driver from prosection for such.
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