MOT Certificate

dickieg

An MOT states that the car is roadworthy at the time of testing and is not a warranty.

My current MOT certificate states:

"This certificate relates only to the condition of the vehicle at the time of testing. It should not be regarded as evidence of the condition of the vehicle at any other time. When you purchase a vehicle you should not regard this Test Certificate as a warranty. This certificate does not remove the responsibility from the registered owner to regularly service and maintain the vehicle in accordance with the manufacturers instructions."
And so i say whats the point of an MOT in the first place,the OP is being responsable in regards as making the car is still up to a standard, instead of waiting till the 12th hour and driving it home without an MOT, thus breaking the law

kriss_boy

dickieg wrote: »

And so i say whats the point of an MOT in the first place,the OP is being responsable in regards as making the car is still up to a standard, instead of waiting till the 12th hour and driving it home without an MOT, thus breaking the law

Think about it.

By enforcing the test on a yearly basis those who arent maintaining the vehicles to those set standards will fail the test and the cars will be off the road.

Whats the alternative? Ask that people sign a form to promise they will maintain it? Then only the police would really have powers to determine if the vehicle was unsafe and how can they do that without pulling millions of drivers over every year.

The MOT is the benchmark on the minimum standards a vehicle must pass on a yearly basis.

dickieg

I agree, and regardless of wether people take their car a week after passing the MOT or a week before the MOT ends the MOT certificate is still valid for a year, regardless to what other posters say on this site, that is driving law, am i right

kriss_boy

dickieg wrote: »

As has been said on another forum, a car could pass its MOT, and on reversing out could smash a light, which would fail a fresh MOT, but unless pulled by the police could still be drven and legally have 12 months MOT on it

No because its illegal to drive around with a broken light.

The police will pull you over and warn you but if they think you were aware it was damaged then you'll be booked.

kriss_boy

dickieg wrote: »

I agree, and regardless of wether people take their car a week after passing the MOT or a week before the MOT ends the MOT certificate is still valid for a year, regardless to what other posters say on this site, that is driving law, am i right

Correct although its wise to give yourself a week or so prior to the MOTs expiry so that if it fails on something routine then you can take the vehicle home until the parts are delivered ready for the retest. Or if it fails altogether it still has a valid MOT to drive it to the scrappys lol

Incidently I bought a car earlier this year. It had 10 months MOT left but I insisted they retest it so it had the full 12 months.

Its a good bargaining tool when buying a car as you'd expect it to go through another test quite cheaply 2 months after its previous pass.

jeannieblue

kriss_boy wrote: »

No because its illegal to drive around with a broken light.

The police will pull you over and warn you but if they think you were aware it was damaged then you'll be booked.

True - but it is not relative to the Op's post...

I think we have to accept it is a grey area on this particular point and you can't blame the owner of vehcile or MOT station. As no one is doing anything wrong.

Vaio - I think that an MOT station can prevent a vehicle leaving if it is very dangerous - but I have to be honest and say that I am not 100 per cent (or 75 per cent ) sure. Got a feeling that there is something somewhere and can't really be ar5ed to find out tonight! :rotfl:

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jeannieblue wrote: »

It could be worse - we could change to the EU and MOT's would be every two years... :eek:

In Spain, for cars, the first MOT ( ITV ) is at 4 years, then every two years until the car is 7 years old, it then goes to every year.

Different rules apply to vans.

kriss_boy

jeannieblue wrote: »

I think we have to accept it is a grey area on this particular point and you can't blame the owner of vehcile or MOT station. As no one is doing anything wrong.

I dont follow, Wheres the grey area?

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dickieg wrote: »

I agree, and regardless of wether people take their car a week after passing the MOT or a week before the MOT ends the MOT certificate is still valid for a year, regardless to what other posters say on this site, that is driving law, am i right

Not strictly speaking, it is vehicle law, not driving law.;)

cyclonebri1

dickieg wrote: »

I agree, and regardless of wether people take their car a week after passing the MOT or a week before the MOT ends the MOT certificate is still valid for a year, regardless to what other posters say on this site, that is driving law, am i right

Oh no your'e not:mad: Oh yes I..............ad infinitum;)