Argument thread.

[wobs]

Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?

 

[Ihavenojob]

Is this a five minute argument or the full half hour?

If only we had a MOT tester (active or retired) to clarify this.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Yes, but you can't just drive it around, straight off to be repaired.

Yes you can, providing it is not classed as a dangerous defect. Some MOT places do not do any repairs, if it fails due to a lamp out, what do you do - scrap the car? No you drive it to a place where they can fix it, or fix it yourself.

 

[Ihavenojob]

Yes you can, providing it is not classed as a dangerous defect. Some MOT places do not do any repairs, if it fails due to a lamp out, what do you do - scrap the car? No you drive it to a place where they can fix it, or fix it yourself.

Which is what I said. You though, are giving the impression you can drive it legally 'till the old MOT expires.

 

[Mottie]

If you drive a car with a current MOT (even if you have had it tested early and it has failed), you won't be prosecuted for driving without a valid mot as mot's can't be 'cancelled'. You could however, be prosecuted under the construction and use act for certain testable items. Even so, a car could pass an mot test and still be illegal to use on the road as the C&U act is nothing to do with mot's.

 

[IT Minion]

If you drive a car with a current MOT (even if you have had it tested early and it has failed), you won't be prosecuted for driving without a valid mot as mot's can't be 'cancelled'. You could however, be prosecuted under the construction and use act for certain testable items. Even so, a car could pass an mot test and still be illegal to use on the road as the C&U act is nothing to do with mot's.

We should all just take the bus.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Which is what I said. You though, are giving the impression you can drive it legally 'till the old MOT expires.

You still have an MOT until the old one expires and it remains legal to drive it on the road, the exception to that is if it fails on what would be described as a dangerous defect - then it becomes illegal to drive it at all.

 

[Mottie]

Did you know that your car can pass the mot with no lights, no washers or wipers, dangerously sharp protrusions on the bodywork and even with no seatbelts for passengers?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Did you know that your car can pass the mot with no lights, no washers or wipers, dangerously sharp protrusions on the bodywork and even with no seatbelts for passengers?

Explain...?

 

[Mottie]

All lamps covered up or permanently disconnected - pass (commonly wrongly referred to as a 'daytime' mot). Remove all seats except driver - belts only required for a fixed seat. Remove windscreen and wipers washers do not become testable items. Cut and shape the bodywork to slice a pedestrian on contact - sharp protrusions to bodywork can only be failed if caused by accident or corrosion. They'd all be marked down as advisories though.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

All lamps covered up or permanently disconnected - pass (commonly wrongly referred to as a 'daytime' mot). Remove all seats except driver - belts only required for a fixed seat. Remove windscreen and wipers washers do not become testable items. Cut and shape the bodywork to slice a pedestrian on contact - sharp protrusions to bodywork can only be failed if caused by accident or corrosion. They'd all be marked down as advisories though.

I must say I was expecting better than that. They would all be advisories under 'unable to test'.

 

[securespark]

A front brake rotor

Disc?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Disc?

Yep! Completely rusted away from the hub centre, making a hell of a noise when it was moved.

 

[Ihavenojob]

All lamps covered up or permanently disconnected - pass

What about brake light ? When I had my trials bike mot'd (quite a while ago) I was told I had to fit a horn, as that and brake light were compulsory. It had a brake light ,but no others, just fitted a bulb horn and they passed it.

 

[Mottie]

What about brake light ? When I had my trials bike mot'd (quite a while ago) I was told I had to fit a horn, as that and brake light were compulsory. It had a brake light ,but no others, just fitted a bulb horn and they passed it.

Nope. If the car doesn't have any lamps or the other lamps have been permanently disconnected, stop lamps are not required.