Parking on road taxed and insured but no MOT

hubb

I can't get my MOT booked till the end of the month due to a backlog from Covid. I park on the road outside my house, the MOT runs out next week so there will be a period of time that it isn't MOT'd. The question is, because it is still taxed and Insured, is it legal to leave it there until I drive it to the test centre on the day of the MOT ? 

Car_54

No. But the forum won't accept such a short answer, so NO.

Carrot007

Not legal, doubt anyone would notice in most places. Unless your neighbour(s) take issue and complain.

Car_54

OP, no-one can advise you to break the law. I can however advise you that the likely penalty for the offence is £100, and it carries no penalty points.

sweetsand

Car_54 said:

OP, no-one can advise you to break the law. I can however advise you that the likely penalty for the offence is £100, and it carries no penalty points.

Hi
That is incorrect as the starting point is 100 pounds but can be up to 1k and that is a fact.
Important to note one can be fined if they have a current mot but the car is roadworthy.

HTH

ATB

EssexExile

sweetsand said:

Car_54 said:

OP, no-one can advise you to break the law. I can however advise you that the likely penalty for the offence is £100, and it carries no penalty points.

Hi
That is incorrect as the starting point is 100 pounds but can be up to 1k and that is a fact.
Important to note one can be fined if they have a current mot but the car is roadworthy.

HTH

ATB

It is perfectly correct. The starting point a £100 fixed penalty. If it goes to court, and why would it, it is half a weeks wages plus costs, surcharge, etc. It will never be anything like £1000 unless you have loads of money and commit the offence repeatedly.

Car_54

sweetsand said:

Car_54 said:

OP, no-one can advise you to break the law. I can however advise you that the likely penalty for the offence is £100, and it carries no penalty points.

Hi
That is incorrect as the starting point is 100 pounds but can be up to 1k and that is a fact.
Important to note one can be fined if they have a current mot but the car is roadworthy.

HTH

ATB

No, it is absolutely correct - that's why I used the word "likely".  The normal disposal for this offence would be a fixed penalty, £100.

Only if it went to court - most likely because the accused refused an FP - would an income related fine apply. Plus prosection costs and a victim surcharge.

BTW £100 is not a starting point, there is no lower limit for the court fine.

hubb

But its taxed and insured and NOT going to be driven.

Car_54

hubb said:

But its taxed and insured and NOT going to be driven.

Doesn't matter. The offence is "using" not driving. Using includes being parked!

TooManyPoints

Hi
That is incorrect as the starting point is 100 pounds but can be up to 1k and that is a fact.

As pointed out the "Starting Point" is a Band A fine (half a week's net income, reduced by a third for a guilty plea). And that's a fact. If you're talking about the minimum that can be imposed it's £0. Although very unlikely, the court could impose a Conditional Discharge or even an Absolute Discharge with no costs. In the event of the former they would be obliged to order a "Victim Surcharge" (£22) is paid. 

Important to note one can be fined if they have a current mot but the car is roadworthy.

How so?

wongataa

TooManyPoints said:

Important to note one can be fined if they have a current mot but the car is roadworthy.

How so?

Because it is an offence to have an unroadworthy car on the road.  A valid MOT does not make a car roadworthy, it just means it is probably roadworthy at the point of the test.  The MOT test does not check everything.  The vehicle could become unroadworthy after going through the MOT in a roadworthy state.