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To report this car?

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essenrjal · 02/10/2024 21:39

I live in an awkward shaped street. One of my neighbours is very selfish with her driving/parking. She flies round the corners when coming and going and just abandons her car across the pavement. There would be enough parking for everyone if she parked properly but she often takes up a couple of spaces due to the silly ways she leaves her car.

Anyway, this car has now been without a valid MOT for a week. She drives around with her young son in it all of the time.

AIBU to report her car for having no MOT with the hope that she'll get a fine and maybe decide to shape up a little bit?
I don't want to cause issues for myself as I live alone and she's quite the nuisance as it is so I don't want to give the police my details but also don't think crime stoppers would be much use.

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Matildahoney · 03/10/2024 10:23

I wonder if the same people saying it's none of your business would be happy if they were in an accident with them!

BillStickersWillBeProsocuted · 03/10/2024 10:16

YouMustBeMrsWhippy · 02/10/2024 23:51

I once reported a bus driver for flying round the corner near mine while on his phone.

I also have been reported for not having an MOT on a broken down campervan which was parked outside a house which unbeknownst to me had a dying man living (dying) inside the front room and didn't want his last view to be of my van.

What I'm trying to say is... do what you want.

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Sorry....what?!

OP - report them but I'm far more interested in what ever the hell was going on with @YouMustBeMrsWhippy!

Igetitalot · 03/10/2024 10:15

Our road has 3! One clearly as well
has a fake valid mot (it has no wheels and is green inside !) and I’ve reported them about 636 times and nothing happens

TulipCat · 03/10/2024 10:13

JohnofWessex · 02/10/2024 22:23

So...

Somebody behaves like an idiot with a car.

Guess what when its realised the car has no MOT they get reported because people they have upset now have an easy target.

The moral is that if you are going to be a twat dont give your enemies an easy target

Absolutely this. She is anti social with her parking. Funnily enough, the community don't like her. Report away!

Hoppinggreen · 03/10/2024 10:10

Report it, with no MOT she may not be insured either, which is a problem if she hits anyone

twomanyfrogsinabox · 03/10/2024 10:09

TheTigerWhoCameToEatMyArsehole · 03/10/2024 09:55

People on here do realise just because your car passed a mot yesterday doesn't mean your car is safe today. What about new cars they don't have mots for the first 3 years but doesn't mean they don't break or things don't wear.

True but at least it has been checked within the past year. New cars should be OK for most things covered by the MOT, and because services are usually carried out on new cars to preserve the resale value (and often included in the sales package) they mostly do get checked over yearly.

Amiburningout · 03/10/2024 10:08

I don’t have any answers for you OP. But I haven’t heard the term “grass” since I was about 12!

BourbonsAreOverated · 03/10/2024 10:04

TheTigerWhoCameToEatMyArsehole · 03/10/2024 09:55

People on here do realise just because your car passed a mot yesterday doesn't mean your car is safe today. What about new cars they don't have mots for the first 3 years but doesn't mean they don't break or things don't wear.

This

tyres being a massive one. They are the only point of contact with the road, yet plenty of people ignore them, even with the threat of 3 points a wheel

twomanyfrogsinabox · 03/10/2024 10:03

Londonrach1 · 02/10/2024 21:52

Report her. Can't believe the replies. Her insurance is invalid.

Apparently the insurance 'might' be valid, if the car is roadworthy, but many insurance companies require an MOT for the insurance to be valid, so if you think you are OK driving without an MOT check your insurance documents. And if the car is not roadworthy the insurance isn't valid, so if you are avoiding the MOT because you know the car needs work you almost certainly do not have valid insurance.

TheTigerWhoCameToEatMyArsehole · 03/10/2024 09:55

People on here do realise just because your car passed a mot yesterday doesn't mean your car is safe today. What about new cars they don't have mots for the first 3 years but doesn't mean they don't break or things don't wear.

orangesandlemonssaythebellsofstclements · 03/10/2024 09:41

StormingNorman · 02/10/2024 21:43

Its really none of your business and you do t care about her son, that’s your excuse for making yourself feel better about reporting her.

Just go and speak to her.

Can’t stand a grass.

"can't stand a grass" 😫

Unless you're a gangster running some underground criminal enterprise, or you're a 14-year old smoking in the school toilets this statement is cringe AF.
Grow up

twomanyfrogsinabox · 03/10/2024 09:39

Report her, if she has no MOT her insurance is invalid (if she has any) so if she's in an accident it will cause her and other people all sorts of problems.

BourbonsAreOverated · 03/10/2024 09:36

StormingNorman · 02/10/2024 23:09

This is a neighbour dispute over parking. Calm down with the catastrophising.

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It’s not catastrophising when you work in the motor trade and see some shocking cars that really shouldn’t be on the road

Jc2001 · 03/10/2024 09:26

StormingNorman · 02/10/2024 21:43

Its really none of your business and you do t care about her son, that’s your excuse for making yourself feel better about reporting her.

Just go and speak to her.

Can’t stand a grass.

Haha. Only criminals talk like that.

JohnofWessex · 03/10/2024 08:08

Copperoliverbear · 03/10/2024 00:24

Report her to police, social services and Dvla x

Social Services good thinking

Copperoliverbear · 03/10/2024 00:24

Report her to police, social services and Dvla x

Ringpeace · 03/10/2024 00:00

One of our former neighbours had two cars and a minibus parked on our very narrow road, none of which had an MOT or insurance, for over a year. The bus was used as some sort of group transport for his church. It was in no way roadworthy and often parked right in front of my window for weeks on end. I reported them and one fine day the whole lot got towed away.

YouMustBeMrsWhippy · 02/10/2024 23:51

essenrjal · 02/10/2024 21:39

I live in an awkward shaped street. One of my neighbours is very selfish with her driving/parking. She flies round the corners when coming and going and just abandons her car across the pavement. There would be enough parking for everyone if she parked properly but she often takes up a couple of spaces due to the silly ways she leaves her car.

Anyway, this car has now been without a valid MOT for a week. She drives around with her young son in it all of the time.

AIBU to report her car for having no MOT with the hope that she'll get a fine and maybe decide to shape up a little bit?
I don't want to cause issues for myself as I live alone and she's quite the nuisance as it is so I don't want to give the police my details but also don't think crime stoppers would be much use.

I once reported a bus driver for flying round the corner near mine while on his phone.

I also have been reported for not having an MOT on a broken down campervan which was parked outside a house which unbeknownst to me had a dying man living (dying) inside the front room and didn't want his last view to be of my van.

What I'm trying to say is... do what you want.

Ringpeace · 02/10/2024 23:48

Falseshamrok · 02/10/2024 21:48

Fucking hell the replies so far 😂

report her, I would.

Innit.

"Grass". Bloody hell, is this Mumsnet or The Long Good Friday?

Report them. With extreme prejudice.

saltinesandcoffeecups · 02/10/2024 23:46

pictoosh · 02/10/2024 23:06

No. You get a certain amount of time to sort it and £100 fine. I was caught with an overdue MOT by a police spot check once (was a genuine oversight) and that's what happened to me. The car was not taken off the road. Got the MOT, paid the fine, all a-ok.

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What you weren’t publicly flogged or put in the box of shame?

Sad In A Box GIF
workplaceshenanigans · 02/10/2024 23:23

Falseshamrok · 02/10/2024 21:48

Fucking hell the replies so far 😂

report her, I would.

Likewise.

Usernameisunavailable · 02/10/2024 23:14

I’d definitely report her. No MOT means no valid insurance so if her careless driving causes an accident then there’s no insurance to cover it.

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StormingNorman · 02/10/2024 23:09

BourbonsAreOverated · 02/10/2024 23:04

And when that persons potentially dangerous car damages yours or killed a loved one? Would you think op was a grass then?

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This is a neighbour dispute over parking. Calm down with the catastrophising.

pictoosh · 02/10/2024 23:06

ArrowOfAthena · 02/10/2024 23:00

Do they take the car away if no MOT?

At the very least there should be a fine

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No. You get a certain amount of time to sort it and £100 fine. I was caught with an overdue MOT by a police spot check once (was a genuine oversight) and that's what happened to me. The car was not taken off the road. Got the MOT, paid the fine, all a-ok.