Best way to transport uninsured car

topdaddy_2

Mark_Mark wrote: »

Your mum likes my input.

She told me she didnt she didnt notice. Your school mates leave a much better impression.

Mark_Mark

topdaddy wrote: »

She told me she didnt she didnt notice. Your school mates leave a much better impression.

Sausage alleyway and throwing come to mind.

topdaddy_2

Mark_Mark wrote: »

Sausage alleyway and throwing come to mind.

Hey if your not packing dont blame anyone else.

Tigsteroonie

da_rule wrote: »

Legally it needs to be towed, on a trailer (its wheels not on the ground). There have been cases where people pushing a car have been held to be in control for the purposes of the Road Traffic Act, and the new insurance regulations mean that a vehicle on a public road must have insurance.

I did not know this and retract my suggestion :cool:

Lum

Some insurance policies don't have the "vehicle must have its own insurance" clause, if you know someone who has that then you're golden (other than the tax and MOT aspect)

If you know someone who has trade plates then you're good to go.

Last option is if you can book it in for an MOT with a suitably friendly garage that is prepared to collect and return the car, this way it's completely legal and you get a list of what needs fixing to get it back on the road!

Tigerprint

Book an MOT ...... but don't turn up....

Arrange insurance but cancel within the cooling off period.... (after you have moved it)

:eek:

skivenov

Lum wrote: »

Some insurance policies don't have the "vehicle must have its own insurance" clause, if you know someone who has that then you're golden (other than the tax and MOT aspect)

If you know someone who has trade plates then you're good to go.

Last option is if you can book it in for an MOT with a suitably friendly garage that is prepared to collect and return the car, this way it's completely legal and you get a list of what needs fixing to get it back on the road!

You can't drive an un-MOT'd car on trade plates unless it's going to test (or, debatably, a place for repairs to be made).

Likewise, even with borrowed plates in, you won't be insured. Whether the owner of the plates would be if they drove it depends on their insurance policy.

Trade plates are only a movable tax disc and means of identifying who is responsible for the car.

If the DVLA get wind of trade plates being misused, the owner of the plate can get in a whole heap of trouble.

If in doubt, transport it.

Whereabouts are you? Someone on here may be able to help.

forgotmyname

The trailer can weigh more than 750kg as long as the gross train weight does not exceed 3500kg.

But unless its a small car and a very light trailer its usually going to exceed that.

Lum

I was kind of assuming that the other driveway was where the repairs would be taking place. Probably should have made that clear when posting.

The last option about MOT and return to a different address remains as my preferred suggestion either way.

Herzlos

For little more than £30 you can probably find someone locally with a car trailer who'll move it half a mile for you. Check local papers for recovery firms for instance, or local scrap yards, car workshops, plant hire places or even friendly farmers.

I wouldn't bother with any insurance/MOT scheme to drive it yourself; the consequences of it going wrong are far too severe.