No MOT on husbands car

[Dinnerisburnt]

Advice please as I don't know what to do. My DH's car's MOT has expired, he booked it in today and it failed, the garage are fixing the faults later this week and then it will pass (hopefully). Tomorrow he is due to make an overnight trip and wants to take my car. Which will leave me with his. I'll have to do the school run etc in it as we live too far from school to walk and no public transport available. He said he will take whichever car I want him to, I feel like I'm being unreasonable asking him to take his. I maintain my car, I clean it, fill it up with fuel, get it fixed when broken, arrange the service, MOT blah blah blah. Would you let him take yours and risk driving his?

"You don't pick and choose which laws you adhere to, insta"

This is such a strange thing to say. Of course, anyone can pick and choose the laws they adhere to. They do of course, run the risk of being caught and punished, but they still choose

You sound pretty naive. I'm not advising anyone to break the law, that's up to the OP. Presumably if she was going to follow it, this question would've never arisen.

Glad you didn't give him your car OP.

His mess, his expense and inconvenience.

Pardon me, I guess I should say 'shouldnt' as some people clearly know best and will choose laws to ignore. The fines/points are neither here or there. Killing people because you 'choose' to ignore the law is the point.

Why would you be any more likely to kill someone than you were last week or last month? It doesn't make
Any sense

You sound pretty naive.

Strange thing to say to someone who has already said on the thread that they work for the police.

So? do you know any police officers?

So? do you know any police officers?

Me? What a strange question.

To answer it however yes I do.

An mot is only a certificate of road worthiness on said mot day.its a snap shot in time. A car can become dangerous the day after an mot if something else fails. Not having an mot doesn't make a car dangerous to drive and if the car was so bad as to be undrivable, the garage would have informed you of that fact.
And it doesn't invalidate your insurance. Unless the accident caused is relatable to something your car would have failed it's mot on.

Not having an mot doesn't make a car dangerous to drive
But driving it is still a criminal offence.

You have a whole month to organise an MOT, (do it in month 12 an they will date it for the 12 month following the original expiry date) so you do not lose out

I do this. It can put you in the interesting position where your car fails the MOT, but can still be driven legally because it still has a valid MOT certificate.

My neighbour got very agitated over this once when she heard that my car had failed (a few minor things). I explained that it was being fixed in a few days and would then be retested. She could not get her head round it.
"But you can't drive it! It's illegal! It's not roadworthy!"
On the contrary, I said, I have a piece of paper that says it's roadworthy until the end of the month, and that's all I need.

I couldn't get her to understand that the system allows you to get faults fixed up to a month before your MOT expires.

It doesn't invalidate your insurance
The lack of an MOT doesn't automatically invalidate your insurance but driving an unroadworthy car does invalidate it.

It is not very easy to argue with an insurance company that your car was roadworthy when there is no valid MOT on it.

Well then you'd know that they're not exactly naive to the fact people break the law.

patchoilli an insurance company will not repair your vehicle if it is involved in an accident with no mot. They by law are required to cover any 3rd party liability. Not having an mot doesnt make it unsafe to drive, failing an mot proves it is not able to pass the standard safety checks though - which happened here, it hasnt just expired but has failed.

Wonder how many times Insta's been nicked?!

No need to wonder. Never. I have also never forgotten to MOT, although it's very common and I know loads of people who have.

patchoilli an insurance company will not repair your vehicle if it is involved in an accident with no mot.

This is not correct.

Ok roastit the insurance company i worked for don't though.