No MOT can an endorsement be avoided?

vikingaero

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

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.

But having no MOT isn't an endorseable offence so it can't have been rated as that serious by the powers that be.

Just because a car does not have a MOT does not mean it isn't roadworthy or dangerous - some 3 year old cars due for a MOT are in far better condition that some 1 year old cars I see.

sarahg1969

Just because a vehicle hasn't got an MOT does not make it unroadworthy.

And because a vehicle does have one does not mean it's perfectly safe.

All it means is that your vehicle was considered roadworthy enough to pass a test on one single occasion up to 12 months ago.

hewhoisnotintheknow

sarahg1969 wrote: »

Just because a vehicle hasn't got an MOT does not make it unroadworthy.

And because a vehicle does have one does not mean it's perfectly safe.

All it means is that your vehicle was considered roadworthy enough to pass a test on one single occasion up to 12 months ago.

and in this case it could be 14 months ago from the last mot or even 15 if it was done early

should be a hefty fine

wishiwasarichgirl

don't you get a reminder through the post letting you know your car is due an MOT? I'm sure I did?

Dustangle

onejontwo wrote: »

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...........

To err is human, but that doesn't get you out of the fine if the cops catch you.

There are - what? - twenty million car owners in the UK. Nearly all of those manage to remember that their MOT is due, and get it seen to, even without a reminder from the state.

Some of us get a reminder from the garage that did it last time. Some of us put in our diaries or on the kitchen calendar. Some of us programme our mobile phones to remind ourselves. Some of us put a wee sticker in the sun visor.

jeannieblue

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

For some reason they have stopped issuing those

They are on the bottom of the MOT certificate, you peel off the box.

jeannieblue

Dustangle wrote: »

To err is human, but that doesn't get you out of the fine if the cops catch you.

There are - what? - twenty million car owners in the UK. Nearly all of those manage to remember that their MOT is due, and get it seen to, even without a reminder from the state.

Some of us get a reminder from the garage that did it last time. Some of us put in our diaries or on the kitchen calendar. Some of us programme our mobile phones to remind ourselves. Some of us put a wee sticker in the sun visor.

Yeah right........

I get calls daily from people who have forgotten, by days, weeks and months it is more common than you think.

Think your 'nearly all' statistics don't wash.... :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

hewhoisnotintheknow

jeannieblue wrote: »

Yeah right........

I get calls daily from people who have forgotten, by days, weeks and months it is more common than you think.

Think your 'nearly all' statistics don't wash.... :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

i take it you work in a garage?!

ilikedrawing

Dustangle wrote: »

There are - what? - twenty million car owners in the UK

So with that amount of people why is it so crazy for some of you to understand that some (a percentage of 2 MILLION) will forget.

You cant use 'i forgot' as an excuse in any way shape or form, thats obvious, but in response to some of the responses on this post i have to say people have 10,000 other things to think about in their lives aswell as dealing with car ownership.

sillyvixen

my mot expired - i had major abdo surgery and could not drive untill i could depress the break fully (ie perform an emergency stop) without pain. i tried on a weekly basis and it was 3 months untill i could drive again - i only used my car to take it to the dealers for a service and mot... i did not use it on other journeys and it was beyond my control the mot had expired before i could get it delt with ..... what is your freinds excuse for braking the law?