MOT EXPIRED, PLEASE HELP

richash147

I bought my son his first car is September last year and was told it had a new MOT, he got stopped today as the MOT ran out last December!!
He is worried sick as only driving since late January. The police let him drive home and said he would get a letter, can anyone advise what to expect? The car is in my name.

TooManyPoints

Probably a fixed penalty of £100 (but no penalty points).
This would be of greater concern to me:

The car is in my name.

In particular, who is the policyholder for the car's insurance? Beware of "fronting":

https://www.rac.co.uk/insurance/car-insurance/guides/what-is-fronting

richash147

Thanks I am the policy holder and he is the main driver on the policy, and only commuting to Tesco for work so no issues there. If  fixed penalty is the way then I guess thats a lesson learnt.

AdrianC

richash147 said:

I bought my son his first car is September last year and was told it had a new MOT, he got stopped today as the MOT ran out last December!!
He is worried sick as only driving since late January. The police let him drive home and said he would get a letter, can anyone advise what to expect? The car is in my name.

And nobody actually bothered to check the MOT at any stage? Neither of you looked at the certificate or at https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history at any stage before or after buying the car?

The driver is liable.
No points, £100 if they issue a fixed penalty, income-related fine up to £1000 if it goes to court.

master_blaster_44

AdrianC said:

richash147 said:

I bought my son his first car is September last year and was told it had a new MOT, he got stopped today as the MOT ran out last December!!
He is worried sick as only driving since late January. The police let him drive home and said he would get a letter, can anyone advise what to expect? The car is in my name.

And nobody actually bothered to check the MOT at any stage? Neither of you looked at the certificate or at https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history at any stage before or after buying the car?

What do you think? What a stupid comment

Car_54

richash147 said:

Thanks I am the policy holder and he is the main driver on the policy, and only commuting to Tesco for work so no issues there.

So long as he's insured for commuting.

Car_54

AdrianC said:

richash147 said:

I bought my son his first car is September last year and was told it had a new MOT, he got stopped today as the MOT ran out last December!!
He is worried sick as only driving since late January. The police let him drive home and said he would get a letter, can anyone advise what to expect? The car is in my name.

And nobody actually bothered to check the MOT at any stage? Neither of you looked at the certificate or at https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history at any stage before or after buying the car?

The driver is liable.
No points, £100 if they issue a fixed penalty, income-related fine up to £1000 if it goes to court.

He works for Tesco ...

AdrianC

Car_54 said:

AdrianC said:

No points, £100 if they issue a fixed penalty, income-related fine up to £1000 if it goes to court.

He works for Tesco ...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/13/tesco-chief-executive-handed-642m-pay-package-dave-lewis

The_Rainmaker

In the meantime roll up your sleeves and get back down to the dealer and cause a stink and ask for new MOT and fine paid.  They will of course deny all knowledge but you might feel better.

Car_54

AdrianC said:

Car_54 said:

AdrianC said:

No points, £100 if they issue a fixed penalty, income-related fine up to £1000 if it goes to court.

He works for Tesco ...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/13/tesco-chief-executive-handed-642m-pay-package-dave-lewis

Very good! But if the OP's son was in that salary bracket he probably wouldn't be living at home and driving the parents' car ...

Jack_Cork

I'm pretty sure the OP's son isn't Dave Lewis