Do You Need an MoT to Drive Your MoT Exempt Classic Abroad?
Discussion
Read an article in Classic Car Weekly
https://www.classiccarweekly.co.uk/ for the front page. This will change next week and I'd better not post a screen shot......
Headline reads " MoT-Exempt Cars Risking Fines Abroad"
Gist being that cars that have an MoT (or equivalent) are deemed 'road legal' in foreign climes.
Not having proof (MoT) that your car has actually been tested could result in legal proceedings .......
Discus
PS Perhaps this is something for the editorial team at PH to investigate
https://www.classiccarweekly.co.uk/ for the front page. This will change next week and I'd better not post a screen shot......
Headline reads " MoT-Exempt Cars Risking Fines Abroad"
Gist being that cars that have an MoT (or equivalent) are deemed 'road legal' in foreign climes.
Not having proof (MoT) that your car has actually been tested could result in legal proceedings .......
Discus
PS Perhaps this is something for the editorial team at PH to investigate
No is the answer. In 30 years no one has asked to see an MOT anyway, but until Brexit (and whatever that brings but I won't go there just yet) we are members of the EU, and if your car is legal in the UK you will be legal in Europe. I spoke to an insurer who advised me that as far as they are concerned they will issue a 90 day green card after Brexit, but can't issue a 12 month one as they did in the past. But they will issue four 90 day ones a year though!
ETA: I discussed the MOT when asking for the green card and that was where I got the information. but, as of now, it seems that the old system of carrying a green card will be obligatory. Well, if Brexit actually happens of course
But I wonder if any of the BiB in France will even have heard of these old things? I repeat, I have been stopped but once in 30 years in a general papers check, and all I was asked for was insurance and my licence. Never an MOT. And since my car does not have seat belts they queried why, so I explained that it is pre-1965 and does not require them.
ETA: I discussed the MOT when asking for the green card and that was where I got the information. but, as of now, it seems that the old system of carrying a green card will be obligatory. Well, if Brexit actually happens of course
But I wonder if any of the BiB in France will even have heard of these old things? I repeat, I have been stopped but once in 30 years in a general papers check, and all I was asked for was insurance and my licence. Never an MOT. And since my car does not have seat belts they queried why, so I explained that it is pre-1965 and does not require them.Edited by lowdrag on Sunday 24th March 08:14
lowdrag said:
No is the answer. In 30 years no one has asked to see an MOT anyway, but until Brexit (and whatever that brings but I won't go there just yet) we are members of the EU, and if your car is legal in the UK you will be legal in Europe. I spoke to an insurer who advised me that as far as they are concerned they will issue a 90 day green card after Brexit, but can't issue a 12 month one as they did in the past. But they will issue four 90 day ones a year though!
Thats reassuring. Obviously the article may just be some scaremongering - but it would be as well to be aware. Easy to just think 'I'm legal in the UK - so I'm legal in the EU ....... would hate to 'come a cropper' though.My car (I think) meets the criteria for MoT exemption - but (as many have said) I will* have an MoT for peace of mind..... particularly if I intended to go on a foreign trip.
- 49 ye old car this year. Have just passed MoT (Feb).
Obviously there are requirement for summer and winter tyres in some countries and indeed parts of some countries. The French Alps are a point in question. Departments in the east of France have the same requirement as Germany and I would guess Italy may well have too. But that is a completely different subject.
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