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my vans mot has run out today,( i thought it was next week) but the soonest i can get it done is wednesday. unfortunately i need it for work. is it against the law to drive it. what happens if i get caught driving it...ie to the garage.or around.

You can only drive it to a pre-booked MOT test (& away again in the event of a fail IIRC).

As for driving it & pulled over:

You won`t be insured (points & fine)
You will be driving without a MOT (points & fine)

Mate is MOT tester so I get the rules & regs quoted at me where a subject strays into VOSA territory.




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This item was edited on Sunday, 17th February 2008, 17:41

Yep

The only time you can use it now is to drive to an MOT station by the most direct route in order to attend a PRE BOOKED MOT test.

yep... if i stop you No MOT = Invalid Insurance = I seize your Vehicle Which means you pay for recovery and storage, and you get Summonsed to Court which could mean a Ban depending on Court Result!



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As all above!!

Marksparks, I know a PC in the D&C and we were discussing traffic offences in general, when he told me that his Sergeant had told him not to bother with anything else apart from the original offence of no MOT. He wasn`t very happy about it!

Does it matter what MOT station you go to??? I always go to a friends garage as I trust him, but he is not the closest.



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Does it matter what MOT station you go to??? I always go to a friends garage as I trust him, but he is not the closest.

It does not matter which one you use, It has to be pre-booked ie if marksparks stops you on the way you can provide details you are en-route for a booked m-o-t and the garage can confirm this.




dvdhouse

This item was edited on Sunday, 17th February 2008, 20:30

Invalid insurance is worth 6 points on your license, plus the lack of MOT is a few extra. If your license isn`t clean already, and you get stopped, you`re almost guaranteed to lose it, so I believe.