Driving without no MOT

[Sniper][Wolf] said:
Before you blast me this is for a mate not me, he was pulled over last night cos he was spotted coming out of the pub in the car (He was breathlised and passed) he had one pint.

They asked him to produce his documents at the station within 7 days, only problem is because he is skint, his MOT is overdue by about a week (his car needs a new windscreen and new tyres) but the poor sod is skint, he was going to get it done this weekend.

If he gets his MOT done this weekend and shows the police next week, whats the chances they will cotton on that he has been without for a week, and whats the chances of a conviction
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A couple of points!

1) If the car does not have a valid MOT it is not insured by any UK insurer. Everything else you wish to debate around roadworthy or not is irrelevant, that is the law!

2) If he can't afford to MOT his car he should leave it off the road until he can. We all run short of money, but you don't walk into Tesco's and take food promising to pay for it at the weekend!

3) We all forget to pay bills and miss things, but if your 'friend' was going to get it done at the weekend that shows intent and understanding!

Sorry, but we all see the TV programs, we all get annoyed when people are nicked for the 12th time with no insurance, tax or MOT. Not for a minute am I suggesting your friend fits into this catagory, but its one rule for us all..
 
The police probably knew full well he had no MOT before they pulled him.

And as for not having an MOT cos he can't afford it.. well then he can't afford to drive so he shouldn't be driving it. Simple as that. He's had 12 months to plan for it. MOTs are not optional.

It is only about £35 for an MOT. If more money needs to be spent to make it roadworthy then it's blatantly not roadworthy now and shouldn't be driven.

Sorry to the OP, I'm not having a go at you. :)
 
[Sniper][Wolf] said:
Before you blast me this is for a mate not me, he was pulled over last night cos he was spotted coming out of the pub in the car (He was breathlised and passed) he had one pint.

They asked him to produce his documents at the station within 7 days, only problem is because he is skint, his MOT is overdue by about a week (his car needs a new windscreen and new tyres) but the poor sod is skint, he was going to get it done this weekend.

If he gets his MOT done this weekend and shows the police next week, whats the chances they will cotton on that he has been without for a week, and whats the chances of a conviction
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not to skint to go out for a drink and buy petrol though
he could have saved up for it , seeing as he doesnt have a lot of money, that what i used to do and i bet a lot of other people did the same
 
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Well, driving without an MOT doesn't carry the threat of penalty points. It's a fine only. So i'm sure that is a little reassuring.

Secondly, if he gets it done and handed in, they are unlikely to do anything about it. Seeing as it was only 1 week. An MOT certificate only proves the car was roadworthy at one particular time. Therefore having an MOT doesn't mean the car is roadworthy and prosecuting someone who is out by 1 week (and having got a new one) is not really very fair.

The same thing happened to me once and they said nothing about it.
 
housemaster said:
1) If the car does not have a valid MOT it is not insured by any UK insurer. Everything else you wish to debate around roadworthy or not is irrelevant, that is the law!
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Not true.
 
As Beepcake has pointed out, driving with no MOT does not "automatically" invalidate your insurance, it does not mean you are driving uninsured or anything of the sort.

IF in the event of an accident the car was deemed to have been involved in the accident as a result of unroadworthiness that would have been detected at an MOT test then yes the insurer MAY attempt to reclaim losses from you directly. This is not the same as "having no insurance", because the Third party will still get recompense for any accident.

Driving with no valid MOT certificate is a non-endorsable fine, between £30 and £65 I beleive the fine is. You cannot be given penalty points or any other form of sentence for having no valid MOT certificate.

Having no MOT on a roadworthy car is not a big deal. Illegal, but not a big deal. Having no MOT on an unroadworthy car is a slightly more serious issue, but really - not by much. I'm not talking morally I'm talking from a legal standpoint. Even if stopped in a complete basketcase with no MOT, if it is repaired and passes within 7 days then very little is likely to come of it. Even if it isn't tested the matter is unlikely to go to court - and if it does it will almost certainly be a fine in the region of £60. In reality, most of the time it results in NFA (No Further Action) which is cop-speak for "Not worth the effort"
 
JonRohan said:
You do have a certain about of time past an MOT due date to sort it. I would have thought 7 days would be near the limit, especially if the car needed some work.
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No you don't. if a car doesn't have an mot (and needs one) it isn't allowed on the road unless it's going to a pre booked mot


JonRohan said:
I know I've left my car tax by 7 days without a problem.
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That's also not allowed but you will generaly get away with it.

As for not having a mot invalidating your insurance that's rubbish. 3rd party liability will still be covered but but no pay out would be made to cover any damage to your car as it's classed as being worthless. If it could be proved that your cars condition contributed to the accident then it's likely that your insurance company would sue you to recover the money paid out to the 3rd party.
 
No MOT doe not invalidate your insurance. Like other people have said if the vehicle is unroadworthy they wont pay up for a claim for yourself. However they will still pay for third party. I got done for no MOT last year. Had a nice £85 fine for it :) Thats it. No points, they will send you a letter asking you to goto court or plead guilty via post. :) Hope that clears it up.
 
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