Failed MOT car allowed on road

shaun_from_Africa

Dr._Shoe wrote: »

It has always been accepted that a vehicle has to be insured to be parked on the road. It is a condition of insurance that the car has to be roadworthy i.e. has a valid MOT.

An MOT is not an indication of a vehicle's roadworthiness. It is simply a statement that the vehicle met a set of standards at the time of the test.
If the brakes on my car were to fail today it would no longer be roadworthy but it would still have an MOT that is valid.

Dr._Shoe

AdrianC wrote: »

Go and find an MOT certificate. Read it carefully. If you look, it explicitly points out that MOT != Roadworthy.

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

An MOT is not an indication of a vehicle's roadworthiness. It is simply a statement that the vehicle met a set of standards at the time of the test.
If the brakes on my car were to fail today it would no longer be roadworthy but it would still have an MOT that is valid.

Yes I know.

It could be the best maintained car in the world but without a MOT it would be not be legally roadworthy. On the other hand a car with a valid MOT with bits hanging off it and worn tyres would be deemed legally roadworthy in that it could be kept on the road, can be taxed and insured. Try taxing any car without a valid MOT...

In any case, the MOT itself is only a snapshot of the day the test was done. The same car could fail a MOT the day after or the day before.

Referring back to the OP. It is illegal to keep a car on the road without a valid MOT regardless of whether the car is actually "roadworthy" or not.

Retrogamer

Dr._Shoe wrote: »

It has always been accepted that a vehicle has to be insured to be parked on the road. It is a condition of insurance that the car has to be roadworthy i.e. has a valid MOT.

You can have a roadworthy car, which doesn't have an MOT and an unroadworthy car that does.

Nodding_Donkey

Ahh the old 'if it doesn't have an MOT it's not insured' chestnut.

I wondered when that would rear it's head.

Mind you, I suppose there are still people out there that think the world is flat lol

Car_54

Dr._Shoe wrote: »

Yes I know.

It could be the best maintained car in the world but without a MOT it would be not be legally roadworthy. On the other hand a car with a valid MOT with bits hanging off it and worn tyres would be deemed legally roadworthy in that it could be kept on the road

No it wouldn't. It's illegal to USE a car with defective tyres or in a dangerous condition, not just to drive it. They aren't called the Construction and USE Regulations for nothing.

AdrianC

Dr._Shoe wrote: »

Yes I know.

...but then...

It could be the best maintained car in the world but without a MOT it would be not be legally roadworthy.

ONCE AGAIN, SLOWLY...

The. Lack. Of. A. Current. MOT. Says. Nothing. About. Roadworthiness.

On the other hand a car with a valid MOT with bits hanging off it and worn tyres would be deemed legally roadworthy

Do you actually understand the word "roadworthy"?

in that it could be kept on the road, can be taxed and insured.

Which has nothing to do with roadworthiness.

Try taxing any car without a valid MOT...

Which has even less to do with roadworthiness.

In any case, the MOT itself is only a snapshot of the day the test was done. The same car could fail a MOT the day after or the day before.

By George, I think he's got it.

Referring back to the OP. It is illegal to keep a car on the road without a valid MOT regardless of whether the car is actually "roadworthy" or not.

Even a stopped clock...