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Driving with no valid MOT cert- 1 week overdue
Kataratarina
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in Motoring
Hi, i was advised on another board to come in and ask... if my MOT is out of date am i still covered under my insurance?
I was under the impression that i wasnt covered but ones on the other board say that isnt the case?
Many thanks
Katrina x
I was under the impression that i wasnt covered but ones on the other board say that isnt the case?
Many thanks
Katrina x
Now a mother to my beautiful daughter Olivia
Born 10th Dec 2010 weighing 7lb 1oz
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you are covered without MOT, but if the vehicle is not roadworthy and that causes or contributes to an accident you could well find yourself not getting paid (and maybe even having to repay your insurance company for costs they have to pay to a third party)0
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I believe you can ONLY drive to a PRE-BOOKED MOT test.ORIGINAL MORTGAGE AMOUNT £106,454.00 (Started Sept 2007)
NOV 2021 O/S AMOUNT £1,694.41 OUR DEBT REDUCED BY £104,759.59 by std regular, over-payments & off-setting.
BofE +0.19% Tracker Repayment Offset Mortgage Discounted Sept 07-10 then increased to BofE +0.62% until 20270 -
Why not ask your insurance provider?
Anyway, why are you driving a car without a valid MOT?:hello:0 -
I have it booked for next Thurs. couldnt get an earlier date (left it 2 weeks before my MOT was due and was all booked up)
Managed to hit a skip outside my house on Thurs bringing it home from the mechanics so was servicing it
Now a mother to my beautiful daughter OliviaBorn 10th Dec 2010 weighing 7lb 1oz:A
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Kataratarina wrote: »I have it booked for next Thurs. couldnt get an earlier date (left it 2 weeks before my MOT was due and was all booked up)
I find it difficult to understand that you couldnt find an MOT slot within two weeks. How many garages did you try?Managed to hit a skip outside my house on Thurs bringing it home from the mechanics so was servicing it
I doubt the skip owner will be after damages, unless your ride is a Sherman tank. The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
Kataratarina wrote: »Hi, i was advised on another board to come in and ask... if my MOT is out of date am i still covered under my insurance?
I was under the impression that i wasnt covered but ones on the other board say that isnt the case?
Many thanks
Katrina x
If a valid MOT certificate were a requirement the insurers would want sight/proof, surely?
I drove my car to my auto engineer on Thursday (1 day out of test) with whom I had booked a service and MOT. Presume I would have been ok then?Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
Janice 1964-2016
Thank you Honey Bear0 -
If a valid MOT certificate were a requirement the insurers would want sight/proof, surely?
But then, a driving licence is also a requirement, but I have never been asked to produce one as a matter of course.The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
But then, a driving licence is also a requirement, but I have never been asked to produce one as a matter of course.
true enough - although I am always asked how long I have held a full driving licence for when I get insurance quotes...
and I boast because mine's paper...
(and that old it's written in Latin;))Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY"I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily DickinsonJanice 1964-2016
Thank you Honey Bear0 -
I find it difficult to understand that you couldnt find an MOT slot within two weeks. How many garages did you try?
Sorry i should have said that I live in Northern Ireland. We cant bring our cars to garages, we have to go to MOT centres (3 centres within a 60 mile radius) and there is a backlog at the minute that i didnt know the had.
I also now realise that our law may be different to yours regarding MOT's then.
Sorry for troubling you.Now a mother to my beautiful daughter OliviaBorn 10th Dec 2010 weighing 7lb 1oz:A
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Kataratarina wrote: »Sorry i should have said that I live in Northern Ireland. We cant bring our cars to garages, we have to go to MOT centres (3 centres within a 60 mile radius) and there is a backlog at the minute that i didnt know the had.
I also now realise that our law may be different to yours regarding MOT's then.
Sorry for troubling you.
No don't be sorry. It's your car and you're free to drive it without MOT as you please.
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