Sorn/mot

[ajstoneservices]

I sorned my combo van earlier in the year due to it having an ABS fault and I was too busy to sort it. I replaced the reluctor ring(the cause of the fault) this weekend and want to get it mot'd.

If I book an mot can I drive the van to the mot station or do I have to have it lifted there. The van is insured.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

If I book an mot can I drive the van to the mot station or do I have to have it lifted there. The van is insured.

If you have a pre-booked appointment, you can drive it there, and if it fails drive it back home, or to another garage for repair - without it being taxed, but it must be insured, and otherwise fit for the road. The MOT station, must not be the other end of the country.

 

[ajstoneservices]

Thanks Harry.

 

[matlob]

I think as long as you can prove you have an mot booked if stopped you can drive to an mot station. edit - didn't see earlier reply!

 

[algas]

If you have a pre-booked appointment, you can drive it there, and if it fails drive it back home, or to another garage for repair - without it being taxed, but it must be insured, and otherwise fit for the road. The MOT station, must not be the other end of the country.

Where does it say the moy station shouldn't be at the other end of the country, I once sold a car for spares or repair it was not taxed the buyer lived in Kent and booked it in for a mot in Dover, not far from Devon, don't know how he got on !

 

[thomp1983]

I've driven from aviemore to durham using the same exemption, I confirmed with the police beforehand that it was acceptable.

Their answer was yes to the letter of the law it's fine but I'd be liable for any non roadworthy faults with the car if stopped which is true of anytime your stopped either with or without an mot.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Where does it say the moy station shouldn't be at the other end of the country, I once sold a car for spares or repair it was not taxed the buyer lived in Kent and booked it in for a mot in Dover, not far from Devon, don't know how he got on !

It doesn't, but what reasonable individual, would expect to get away with driving an common available motor car, to the other end of the country, to get it MOT'ed? You might get away with driving something very special, a distance, to a specialist, to be MOT'ed.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

It's construction and use regulations you need to be aware of whilst driving it to a pre booked MOT station (of your choice)

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

It doesn't, but what reasonable individual, would expect to get away with driving an common available motor car, to the other end of the country, to get it MOT'ed? You might get away with driving something very special, a distance, to a specialist, to be MOT'ed.

But the law only states it must be booked in I think, it does not specify where.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

But the law only states it must be booked in I think, it does not specify where.

It would be for a court to decide, were you stopped, whether you would have a need to include a drive so far from home, just to get an MOT done, or whether you were simply using it as an excuse to make illegal use of a vehicle with no MOT. I vaguely remember, there was such a prosecution long ago, where the owner was called upon to explain why he was driving it such a distance, for the test?

 

[carmanmemoranda]

It would be a very pedantic cop who stopped a car that was complying with construction and use regulations that was booked in for a confirmed MOT test that took a driver all the way to court to challenge he was driving it too far.

Stopping a car that was obviously in need of repairs would be a different story altogether.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

It would be a very pedantic cop who stopped a car that was complying with construction and use regulations that was booked in for a confirmed MOT test that took a driver all the way to court to challenge he was driving it too far.

There are many such pedantic people about.

 

[mointainwalker]

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[mointainwalker]

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[mointainwalker]

It doesn't, but what reasonable individual, would expect to get away with driving an common available motor car, to the other end of the country, to get it MOT'ed? You might get away with driving something very special, a distance, to a specialist, to be MOT'ed.

Don't you recall all those cases years ago with early breathalyser stops ? IIRC the law said "when stopped by a police-officer in ( full ? ) uniform " and then there were endless legal arguments about whether the law was applicable if the officer wasn't wearing his hat/cap which meant ( so the argument went ) he was not in uniform and the stop therefore invalid.

I think any distnce would pass according to the letter of the law and/or cops/CPS wouldn't try to prosecute.