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Will car pass MOT with broken wing mirror?

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  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    I lose my drivers side mirror reguarly. Everything else survives, just the glass falls out normally.
    (Usually when I hit cars that overtake parked cars on their side of the road. I keep going, so do they).
    It's about £10 for a stick on real glass mirror, they work fairly well with the heater.
  • vaio
    vaio Posts: 12,287 Forumite
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    Dippypud wrote: »
    Not all mirrors on all vehicles are subject to Test, depending on the age of the vehicle. Those mirrors which must be checked must be
    • secure
    • visible from the driver's seat
    • not distorted or damaged so as to seriously impair the driver's view to the rear.
    Obligatory mirror options are:
    a. an exterior mirror fitted to the offside (right-hand side when seated in the driver’s seat), or
    b. an exterior mirror fitted to the nearside (left hand side when seated in the driver’s seat), or
    c. an interior mirror.

    All goods vehicles must have two mirrors, one of which must be option ‘a’.

    Passenger vehicles with no more than 7 passenger seats first used before 1 August 1978 must have any one of the above options.

    Wouldn’t have though there are that many pre 1978 cars about so more relevantly, any vehicle first used after 1978 must have option a. and least one of b. or c.
  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    vaio wrote: »
    Wouldn’t have though there are that many pre 1978 cars about so more relevantly, any vehicle first used after 1978 must have option a. and least one of b. or c.

    One of mine passed with just option c.

    (It is from 1967 though)
  • Wig
    Wig Posts: 14,139 Forumite
    Had it been the passenger side - broken, and you have an interior mirror and a driver side mirror and you patched up any sharp edges with duct tape you would have been fine.

    As it is, stick a new mirror on top of the broken one and patch it up with duct tape and it should pass.
  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 34,842 Forumite
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    17-07-2008, 3:37 PM
    I think the OP may have sorted it by now :o
  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    Wasn't me, it was that spammer who's now been deleted and it's making me look bad as the first poster now.
  • cyclonebri1
    cyclonebri1 Posts: 12,827 Forumite
    mikey72 wrote: »
    Wasn't me, it was that spammer who's now been deleted and it's making me look bad as the first poster now.

    And you expect us to believe that:D:D:D
    I like the thanks button, but ,please, an I agree button.

    Will the grammar and spelling police respect I do make grammatical errors, and have carp spelling, no need to remind me.;)

    Always expect the unexpected:eek:and then you won't be dissapointed
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