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MOT expired, what happens if it fails the test?

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  • EdGasketTheSecond
    EdGasketTheSecond Posts: 2,558 Forumite
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    AdrianC wrote: »
    Indeed. There's a specific exclusion for driving to and from a pre-booked test...
    Not if it then fails on a major fault :)
  • AdrianC
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    And that'd be down to unroadworthiness, which was the same on the way to the test...
  • EdGasketTheSecond
    EdGasketTheSecond Posts: 2,558 Forumite
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    But you wouldn't know without having the test
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »
    But you wouldn't know without having the test
    So the only difference is that you know it's illegal to drive, rather than merely driving illegally in blithe ignorance...
  • AndyMc.....
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    EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »
    Not if it then fails on a major fault :)

    Has the law changed? You could always drive home from a failed test.
  • Carrot007
    Carrot007 Posts: 4,534 Forumite
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    AndyMc..... wrote: »
    Has the law changed? You could always drive home from a failed test.


    No if there was a major fault you never could.


    Of course there was no recording of it so no-one would know.


    If you were stopped and the car checked you would still have been fined.


    All that has happened is that is is easier to check.
  • AndyMc.....
    AndyMc..... Posts: 3,248 Forumite
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    Carrot007 wrote: »
    No if there was a major fault you never could.


    Of course there was no recording of it so no-one would know.


    If you were stopped and the car checked you would still have been fined.


    All that has happened is that is is easier to check.

    So you can still drive home then.
  • Hermione_Granger
    Hermione_Granger Posts: 1,418 Forumite
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    AndyMc..... wrote: »
    So you can still drive home then.
    Yes, in the same way that you can still drive a car whilst being out of your head on alcohol or drugs. Physically you can do it but it's illegal to do.

    If your car fails the MOT on something that makes it unroadworthy then you can drive it on the road but you would be acting illegally in doing so.
  • Carrot007
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    AndyMc..... wrote: »
    So you can still drive home then.


    If you like but it was illegal then and it is now.


    What part of nothing has changed are you not getting?


    It is just you are recorded on the database now and so the police can check.


    Of course the garage can also ring the police to stop you, but they could before.
  • AdrianC
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    Carrot007 wrote: »
    It is just you are recorded on the database now and so the police can check.
    Just as it's been for the last dozen years.
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