Going to a pre-booked MOT

Rubbish. Would you car to quote the law which states 'reasonable distance'?

but i am awaiting conformation from my local VI on the subject.

No, I would buy it from the shop round the corner. If I did decide to drive 40 miles to buy it however, I would not be breaking any laws.

Make sure you get them to tell you exactly which law you will be breaking, then you can enlighten us all on here.

Let's see if this is easier for you :

Would you care to quote the law which states 'reasonable distance', k*****ad?

k*****ad ? id expect a more intelligent reply from yourself !

dick head ! if you exchanging school playground insults !!! i didnt say there was any law to quote, i said 40 miles was'nt a reasonable distance to travel............

Where did this "reasonable distance" requirement come from?

No one has said it is, or more importantly, needs to be.

Indeed. Suppose you buy a car without a MOT and need to drive it home

limit to how far you can take a untaxed and

I'd drive 40 miles to buy a loaf if a suspected that the lad in my local corner shop was likely to tell me that he couldn't give me the loaf because he thinks that there is excess play in my shopping bag handles, that I'd have to go away and get them fixed and then come back to get the loaf (after paying him a re-purchase fee).

You said "it has to be a reasonable distance". Now, we've agreed that no law says anything of the kind, so WHY does it have to be a "reasonable" distance?

However you don't need an MOT to buy a loaf of bread.

Driving without an MOT. Yes there is an exemption driving to a pre- booked one but you'll have a hard time explaining why you didn't use one more local when there's several in the area.

You could always say the bloke at the MOT place you normally go to will overlook some things for the price of a drink...

Can you quote the law which says you have to use one more local when there's several in the area? Or the one which says you have to explain why you didn't use one more local when there's several in the area? K*****ad?

Whilst there's not a hard fast rule, some things are taken "within the spirit of"

Indeed you are. Tell me how you'd talk your way out of it.

Bollocks. The law can only be enforced "to the letter of".

If I were indeed in "it", then I should talk my way out by pointing out that I was doing nothing illegal.

I would have to be very, very sure that there was nothing at all on the car that could be called unroadworthy, though.

You will have no need to explain why you didn't use a local station, as there is no requirement in law to do so.

Unless you know different, and can quote the relevant law?

I know, I'm not sure exactly what point he was trying to make there!

Is a 'hard fast rule' another way of saying 'a law'? If so, you are quite correct, there is no law to say you have to use a local station, and if you have not broken any law, then you cannot be prosecuted.