Getting car with no tax / MOT / insurance to Garage ...
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You cannot take the vehicle on the road without insurance. This includes towing it. The main point here being the word 'on' the road. This means if you intend to move it without insurance the vehicle must NOT touch the road, I.e it must be on a trailer or similar. Ask the garage to collect it, this normally costs around £10 and they can drive it on trade plates. This is the most simple solution. As far as tax goes, you may drive a vehicle to a testing station without tax so long as you have a pre-booked mot however, in theory, once the vehicle has passed the mot you should really tax it before you collect the vehicle. The reasons are self explanatory. You cannot tax a car without an mot, this means you are covered for the journey to the testing station, however, once an mot has been issued, the vehicle can be taxed. Therefore there is no excuse for driving without tax once the mot is issued. If you are pulled over it would be at the discretion of the police officer as to whether to charge you with the offence of driving a motor vehicle without tax as this is a strict liability offence. But the insurance is a huge no-no. What happens if you hit and injure somebody en route and that person is so badly injured that they require specialist care for the rest of their life? This would need to come from your insurance company, unless of course, you have the kind of money most of us dream of!
Islandlawyer said:
You cannot take the vehicle on the road without insurance. This includes towing it. The main point here being the word 'on' the road. This means if you intend to move it without insurance the vehicle must NOT touch the road, I.e it must be on a trailer or similar. Ask the garage to collect it, this normally costs around £10 and they can drive it on trade plates. This is the most simple solution. As far as tax goes, you may drive a vehicle to a testing station without tax so long as you have a pre-booked mot however, in theory, once the vehicle has passed the mot you should really tax it before you collect the vehicle. The reasons are self explanatory. You cannot tax a car without an mot, this means you are covered for the journey to the testing station, however, once an mot has been issued, the vehicle can be taxed. Therefore there is no excuse for driving without tax once the mot is issued. If you are pulled over it would be at the discretion of the police officer as to whether to charge you with the offence of driving a motor vehicle without tax as this is a strict liability offence. But the insurance is a huge no-no. What happens if you hit and injure somebody en route and that person is so badly injured that they require specialist care for the rest of their life? This would need to come from your insurance company, unless of course, you have the kind of money most of us dream of!
Are you from mumsnet?Also please tell us where you will find garages who will come and collect your car for £10 on trade plates?
Pistom said:
Can anyone explain why it needs to be insured if it is being towed?
I thought that If it is towed, it's technically a trailer. Trailers don't need insurance.
I agree that getting short term insurance is probably the easier option.
The law is pretty clear here – if the car being rope-towed has its four wheels on the ground, it’s treated the same as any other roadworthy vehicle, meaning that it must be insured and taxed with a valid MOT.I thought that If it is towed, it's technically a trailer. Trailers don't need insurance.
I agree that getting short term insurance is probably the easier option.
Pistom said:
Can anyone explain why it needs to be insured if it is being towed?
I thought that If it is towed, it's technically a trailer. Trailers don't need insurance.
TRAILERS don't need insurance.I thought that If it is towed, it's technically a trailer. Trailers don't need insurance.
Any trailer above 750kg max laden weight needs brakes on all wheels, operated by the tow vehicle.
Any trailer with brakes, no matter the weight, must have them all operated by the tow vehicle.
Any trailer above a certain length must have side marker lights, et al.
Doesn't tick all those boxes?
Then it's not a trailer. It's an emergency recovery, and that means the towed car must be legal in its own right.
Morning all.
Thanks for the input. In the end I got 1 hr's insurance through "Cuvva" a mobile phone app, and drove it to the MOT centre(Where it was booked in - without tax / MOT obviously!)
I then left it at the garage for 24 hrs after it passed it's test while my friends (From a wifi terminal in Changi Airport!) taxed and insured the car, then i was able to drive it on my piolicy (3rd party only) and meet them off their flight at the airport and hand over their car to them.
All worked out well in the end and cost me a grand total of £7.10!
Cheers!
Thanks for the input. In the end I got 1 hr's insurance through "Cuvva" a mobile phone app, and drove it to the MOT centre(Where it was booked in - without tax / MOT obviously!)
I then left it at the garage for 24 hrs after it passed it's test while my friends (From a wifi terminal in Changi Airport!) taxed and insured the car, then i was able to drive it on my piolicy (3rd party only) and meet them off their flight at the airport and hand over their car to them.
All worked out well in the end and cost me a grand total of £7.10!
Cheers!
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