VOSA special notice 8-2007

Mrcheerful ( snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Don't be silly.

( snipped-for-privacy@privacy.net) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Why? It added nothing but a whole stack of quoted lines.

Yup, that's my name. My surname's in the headers, too, and a quick google on my name will find my home address and phone number in minutes.

No, it doesn't. Because there's plenty of things which will affect roadworthiness which aren't part of the MOT.

I didn't say it did. I said that parity between the two was explicitly denied.

I didn't say it would be unsafe, just not legal, hence not roadworthy.

Mrcheerful ( snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

You have that the wrong way round - if a vehicle isn't roadworthy, it's inherently not legal to drive.

If it's not legal to drive - p'raps the person driving it isn't insured to do so - it's NOT inherently unroadworthy.

Okay, what about an example: No mudguards on the front of a Lotus 7, would pass an MoT, BUT NOT roadworthy because of its lack of mudguards. No bonnet, not an MoT fail, but not legal to drive. No lights, will pass an MoT but not legal to drive at night, hence not roadworthy (at night.)

etc. MoT does not equal roadworthy, not even at the moment of issue

Mrcheerful

No thanks. But forgive me for remaining anonymous; as you can see, some people get very uptight when challenged and resort to all kinds of behaviour. Usually starting with playground insults and leading to all sorts of harassment etc.

So post a link to back it up, or have you already done so, and then snipped it as "VOSA's mission statement marketing bollocks"?

how about the large warning on the test cert.:

"a test cert. is NOT evidence that the vehicle is in a satisfactory condition"

The weird thing is that those of us who don't post anonymously don't actually have problems as a result of it. "all sorts of harassment etc" - yeah, right.

clive

It has never happened to me either, I often get direct questions and notes of thanks though !!

Mrcheerful

Probably depends how obnoxious you are...

I thought about that, then thought of one of the more prolifically obnoxious posters on the groups we read who doesn't seem to have these problems either.

cheers, clive

I agree that a MOT test certificate is no proof of roadworthiness.

An MOT test, which we were discussing, is.

Neither do I.

No, it's not.

It's possible to get an MOT pass on a car that would fail C&U rules.

Talk about dedication to the cause, Mr Adrian 2CV ;-)

Well, that appears to settle it - your reason for being anonymous appears to be complete bollocks.

clive

Clive George ( snipped-for-privacy@xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

True, I don't.

( snipped-for-privacy@privacy.net) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Don't flatter yourself.

SteveH ( snipped-for-privacy@italiancar.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Hah. You fool.

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