A place in the UK where you never need to MOT your car ever!
Discussion
Extract taken from the DVLA Application for MoT exemption form - you are talking about 'n' :
Types of vehicle that do not have
to take an MoT test.
a Motor tractors
b Track-laying vehicles
c Articulated vehicles that are not
buses (Bendi buses) or lorries
d Works trucks
e Invalid carriages weighing no
more than 306kg when unloaded
f Vehicles used only to pass from
land occupied by the person
keeping the vehicle to other
land occupied by them, and not
travelling on the road for more
than a total of six miles a week
g Hackney carriages or
private-hire vehicles licensed
by local authorities authorised
to check the roadworthiness
of these vehicles
h Hackney carriages (vehicles
licensed to carry passengers)
getting tax discs from Transport
for London
i Vehicles provided for police
purposes and maintained
in an approved workshop
j Goods vehicles powered
by electricity
k Trams
l Trolley vehicles that are not
auxiliary trolley vehicles (auxiliary
trolley vehicles are vehicles
that are adapted to run from
power provided from a source
on board when it is not running
from power from some outside
source)
m Vehicles authorised to be used
on the road by a Special Types
General Order made under
Section 44(3) of the Road
Traffic Act 1988
n Vehicles used only on certain
islands that do not have a
bridge, tunnel, ford or other
suitable way for motor vehicles
to be conveniently driven to a
road in any part of Great Britain
Types of vehicle that do not have
to take an MoT test.
a Motor tractors
b Track-laying vehicles
c Articulated vehicles that are not
buses (Bendi buses) or lorries
d Works trucks
e Invalid carriages weighing no
more than 306kg when unloaded
f Vehicles used only to pass from
land occupied by the person
keeping the vehicle to other
land occupied by them, and not
travelling on the road for more
than a total of six miles a week
g Hackney carriages or
private-hire vehicles licensed
by local authorities authorised
to check the roadworthiness
of these vehicles
h Hackney carriages (vehicles
licensed to carry passengers)
getting tax discs from Transport
for London
i Vehicles provided for police
purposes and maintained
in an approved workshop
j Goods vehicles powered
by electricity
k Trams
l Trolley vehicles that are not
auxiliary trolley vehicles (auxiliary
trolley vehicles are vehicles
that are adapted to run from
power provided from a source
on board when it is not running
from power from some outside
source)
m Vehicles authorised to be used
on the road by a Special Types
General Order made under
Section 44(3) of the Road
Traffic Act 1988
n Vehicles used only on certain
islands that do not have a
bridge, tunnel, ford or other
suitable way for motor vehicles
to be conveniently driven to a
road in any part of Great Britain
mrmarcus said:
ok here is the answer... Bloke I work with is from one of the Hebrides islands off western Scotland, cant remember which one but approx 1500 inhabitents. There are no MOT testing stations on the island so he tells me that cars have never required or are required to have one. As long as car is not taken off the island it does not need MOT. So I asked "there must be plenty of old bangers rolling around then?" but no, the harsh weather i.e. rust kills them ( before the wheels, brakes etc kills you I bet!)
Can anyone confirm this to be true? anywhere else like this?
Channel islands & Isle of man are in the UK but not in Great Britin BTW.
There's a few of the islands like that. One point of clarification, if the islands have public roads, then the law still stands. However these islands don't have any full time police stationed, so hence the locals don't bother with the trivial things such as insurance, MOTs or tax. When the bobby from the next island comes to visit, the ferry master tips off the rest of the population and all the illegals are pushed into fields until the plod take the next ferry out. It's dead easy to spot the incomers, their cars have tax/MOT/etc because they aren't part of the bush telegraph system. Some islands like Eigg and Rhum have no public roads - when I was on Eigg in the mid 90s I remember the island taxi - a Marina with a missing door Can anyone confirm this to be true? anywhere else like this?
Channel islands & Isle of man are in the UK but not in Great Britin BTW.
.mrmarcus said:
Channel islands & Isle of man are in the UK but not in Great Britin BTW.
UK = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.....CI are in the commonwealth and crown dependencies governed by two independent bailiwicks
IoM is a crown dependency with its own parliament
but neither are part of the UK nor are they part of GB
but that's waay off topic
AlexanderV8 said:
n Vehicles used only on certain
islands that do not have a
bridge, tunnel, ford or other
suitable way for motor vehicles
to be conveniently driven to a
road in any part of Great Britain
If there's a Calmac ferry back to civilisation, that could be said to be "convenient". Moot point I suppose.islands that do not have a
bridge, tunnel, ford or other
suitable way for motor vehicles
to be conveniently driven to a
road in any part of Great Britain
marshalla said:
mrmarcus said:
Channel islands & Isle of man are in the UK but not in Great Britin BTW.
UK = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.....CI are in the commonwealth and crown dependencies governed by two independent bailiwicks
IoM is a crown dependency with its own parliament
but neither are part of the UK nor are they part of GB
but that's waay off topic
how right you are
Several islands where this applies including some with public roads. I've just been on Hoy recently and it's like this. Doesn't absolve you of requirements to be roadworthy and iinsured though...And I've never met anyone on these islands that takes advantage of the lack of enforcement 
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