Hypothetical MOT failure question

Fatboy11 · Sep 30, 2011

If you take your land rover/ car to be tested with a few weeks of the current MOT remaining and it fails which of the following is legal/ illegal ?

A) you can drive it as its current MOT hasn't run out yet.

B) you fix the failure points so can drive it even though it hasn't been retested yet.

C) you can only drive it once the MOT tester has retested it to check that the work has been carried out and taking it off the database as a MOT failure.

Cheers

blue beasty · Sep 30, 2011

A's nearest......you can drive up til the end of the current MOT it so long as they dont issue you with a 'this car is bloody dangerous and cant be driven' ticket

Oddie · Sep 30, 2011

No, c is. If it has failed an MOT (irrespective of whether it has a current one) it is technically road illegal. If you kill a child with it, the last known state will be what the court talk about. Ignore the advice above, it is illegal and wrong. Remember...

AN MOT IS NOT A CERTIFICATE OF ROADWORTHINESS

Suris · Sep 30, 2011

You just beat me to it Oddie.

The Mad Hat Man · Sep 30, 2011

Oddie said:
No, c is. If it has failed an MOT (irrespective of whether it has a current one) it is technically road illegal. If you kill a child with it, the last known state will be what the court talk about. Ignore the advice above, it is illegal and wrong. Remember...

AN MOT IS NOT A CERTIFICATE OF ROADWORTHINESS

but

NO MOT IS A CERTIFICATE OF UNROADWORTHINESS

blue beasty · Sep 30, 2011

I stand corrected :doh:

Suris · Sep 30, 2011

blue beasty said:
I stand corrected :doh:

A complete pardon is granted.

Oddie · Sep 30, 2011

glad to have been of hash-hish-stance

Oh...the OP has ferkd arf! Oh well - general humilation free-for all then

blue beasty · Sep 30, 2011

oooo me 1st.............I was caught whipping one off by the school nurse when I was a kid......no wait......thats not what you meant is it?

Oddie · Sep 30, 2011

blue beasty said:
oooo me 1st.............I was caught whipping one off by the school nurse when I was a kid......no wait......thats not what you meant is it?

Did she lend a hand???

blue beasty · Sep 30, 2011

Oddie said:
Did she lend a hand???

I deny everything......it never happened.......didn't go to that school.....I was out the country at the time....had a wasp in my trousers.....I'd been hypnotized

Oddie · Sep 30, 2011

blue beasty said:
.I'd been hypnoteized

So you had a horizontal, and she made it vertical?

Fatboy11 · Oct 1, 2011

So option B wouldnt be legal ?

jai_landrover · Oct 1, 2011

Oddie said:
No, c is. If it has failed an MOT (irrespective of whether it has a current one) it is technically road illegal. If you kill a child with it, the last known state will be what the court talk about. Ignore the advice above, it is illegal and wrong. Remember...

AN MOT IS NOT A CERTIFICATE OF ROADWORTHINESS

It is A Certificate of road worthyness BUT At time of TEST ONLY. It will mean your car will certianly be investiogated but if the work was done I would hope you would do the work as soon as possible then no problem. A current MOT does not mean that your car is road worthy.................it means it was considered road worthy at time of test.

jai_landrover · Oct 1, 2011

Taken from Direct Gov website:

Your MOT test record
When your vehicle is tested at a testing station your test record will be entered on to a secure central database. You’ll then be given either an MOT (pass) certificate or notification of failure. The certificate is your receipt for the MOT test and shows the information that’s held on the database.

The MOT certificate only relates to the condition of testable items at the time of the test and should not be regarded as:

•evidence of their condition at any other time
•evidence of the general mechanical condition of the vehicle
•evidence that the vehicle fully complies with all aspects of the law on vehicle construction and use
The test certificate is no longer proof of an MOT and shouldn’t be relied on as such. Only the MOT computer database record can prove a vehicle has a valid MOT.

Kenelmh · Nov 28, 2011

blue beasty said:
A's nearest......you can drive up til the end of the current MOT it so long as they dont issue you with a 'this car is bloody dangerous and cant be driven' ticket

I'm so clever I know things that aren't even true

LOL!

crashbox · Nov 28, 2011

I asked an MOT examiner. A fail does not nulify the pass. The pass cert stands until it expires, regardless of a fail.

thought it was mine! · Nov 28, 2011

told by mot inspecter that mot till stands until due date.Dont no if that stands with serious fails tho.

Oh Deer · Nov 30, 2011

Lol @ MOT

Glad we don't have something that strict here.

I did some research and my disco would fail. Its got a messed up windshield wiper I've been to lazy to replace.

Jongould · Nov 30, 2011

Its already been said but I thought I would add my bit...

Its definitly A, your current MOT is valid until its expiry date regardless of wether it has since failed an MOT. As has already been stated the MOT is only a test of condition at the time the test took place. This is 100% correct, I should know as I run an MOT garage and get asked this every day...

However, if your vehicle fails on a major saftey concern (brakes, tyres e.t.c.) and then you went and killed someone you would be held 100% accountable as you knew of the failure items and were willingly and knowingly driving an unsafe vehicle.

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