No MOT can an endorsement be avoided?

redux

Conor wrote: »

Where haven't I? It was considered whether or not to make not having an MOT an endorsable offence.

short memory?

Conor wrote: »

Yes she is quite right to be worried about getting penalty points and a fine because that's exactly what is going to happen. There is no way to avoid it and "I forgot" is not a defence.

I hope she doesn't "forget" to notify her insurers of any points ...

ilikedrawing

Yeah, 'i forgot' will not help. My sister in law genuinely forgot to get her car MOT'd (a 4 year old clio, not a deathtrap..but hey) and drove about in it for about 3 weeks until she happened to be looking at the paperwork then booked it in straight away.

These things happen, thats life. The police can't pick and choose who they book, they must listen to excuses and lies everyday so your friend will have to put it down to a bad experience, and i bet she'll never forget again!

Like i said before, these things happen, people do forget things, we're not robots.

hewhoisnotintheknow

you get a sticker to stick in your car (unless its a brand new car)

write it on a calender, no exucse

DCFC79

ilikedrawing wrote: »

These things happen, thats life.

you can prevent it by doing what hewhoisnotintheknow suggested

hewhoisnotintheknow

use the tart alert thing on this site for mot

cyclonebri1

hewhoisnotintheknow wrote: »

you get a sticker to stick in your car (unless its a brand new car)

write it on a calender, no exucse

For some reason they have stopped issuing those

hewhoisnotintheknow

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

For some reason they have stopped issuing those

Oh, my garage must have old stock i got one, still no harm in making your own sticker, i note when i last changed the oil etc on mine too

onejontwo

Give the poor lady a break! We constantly get reminders for car tax, car insurance, buildings insurance. house insurance, life insurance, drains insurance, appliance insurance etc. etc. But for one of the important every day legal requirements ie. MOT, we get none! As everything is now computerised and held on a national data base it would be simpler and in the interests of safety, more beneficial, to send us a reminder as they are obliged to do with car tax.
As someone famously said ....To err is human...........

Sailor_Sam

Try looking at http://www.peppipoo.com .
I think this is mostly about speeding and radar cameras, but if you go into the forums you may find some information.

jaydeeuk1

confusedmix wrote: »

Hi all,

My friend was stopped by the police for a random check and found that she did not have an MOT certificate. She told me that she totally forgot about renewing her MOT and that it had expired 2 months ago and fortunately the police caught her.

No MOT is as bad as no insurance - absolutely no defence for using a potentially dangerous vehicle on the roads. Hopefully she'll never forget again.