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MOT problem

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  • waynedance
    waynedance Posts: 673 Forumite
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    So the op is stating they are driving a car with known illegal tyres?

    If you can not afford to keep a car road worthy and legal then do not have one, harsh but true.
    Google gives you answers use it.........
  • Wig
    Wig Posts: 14,139 Forumite
    edited 10 August 2012 at 6:21PM
    Joe_Horner wrote: »
    There's also nothing to stop you parking on road without an MOT, as long as the tax and insurance are in date - the only offence concerning MOTs is driving without one.

    This is incorrect the offence is using a vehicle on a road without...

    It has already been tested in case law that this includes merely
    keeping the vehicle on a road without...

    You can keep a vehicle off a road without an MOT and this would include car parks whether public or private. What I would not be sure of is whether "a road" under RTA would include "a road not maintained at public expense"....which is what "a road" is defined as under VERA
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,305 Forumite
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    I think it is true that knowing your tyres are illegal means you shouldn't drive the car regardless of MOT.

    Another option would be to buy 2nd hand tyres.
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