Law on travelling for repairs

You didn't read the page properly.

It wasn't it was a plain old fiesta !!

Mike G ("Mike G" ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Of course, there's one subtle detail that hasn't been mentioned yet...

It MUST be roadworthy. Even if the MOT still has time to run. With a fail sheet in your hand, it's bloody difficult to argue that you didn't know it wasn't (not that that'd be a defence in law) if it's failed on something which would render it unroadworthy.

And your insurance company would have a field day if you were involved in a shunt...

Conor (Conor ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Only if the fault was shown to have contributed, IIRC.

Of course, the value of an MOT-fail is negligable...

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:01:03 +0100, Conor wro= te:

Plod disagrees. =

That and the other quotes are enough to convince me that it's OK but it appears that you need to fail an MOT beforehand even if you know it will fail (unless the previous one hasn't expired I guess).

Thanks for all your help and sorry if I've just kicked off another massive argument :)

Peter.

It's Friday night... :-)

You need road tax, insurance and MOT to drive a car.

Well done. You've managed to successfully avoid reading the entire thread, and also understand what the law actually is. Hint : in some circumstances, you only need one of the three things above.

clive

...unless it isn't actually roadworthy, of course...

There is a fine and quite vague line between 'MOT failure' and 'unroadworthy'.

What do you think we're here for?

No, no and no.

In certain common circumstances, yes.

If you're going to jump in to detailed arguments, bring some details.

Isn't it no, yes, and no?

PCPaul (PCPaul ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Umm, no. No, yes, no.

Unless you know of some circumstances where it's possible to drive an uninsured car?

I can think of plenty where it's possible, few where it's legal.

I did say no, yes, no, but PCPaul is right, there are circumstances where you don't need insurance. Nothing involving public roads in this country though. However this might be considered a bit hairsplitty :-)

cheers, clive

I'd agree with that. However an awful lot of this country isn't public roads...

And the rest of this thread isn't?

Even on them in extremis is a valid defense. But if you could use it then you wouldn't be bothered by the legality of the situation.

I like most motor traders can legally drive an un insured car, we have our own insurance which covers *us* not the car.