Would you report no MOT

[thethreemuskateers]

My ex has been driving around with an expired mot since April, according to friends he’s aware it’s expired but can’t afford to get it sorted.

He’s just returned from a golfing weekend, has gym memberships, golf and season tickets. Pays 100 maintenance a month for 2 child due to working cash in hand.

He picks up our son from school a few nights a week. I’m I being unreasonable to think I should report him?

No mot, no insurance. Report him. He’s putting your kid and others at risk.

jimmyhill · Yesterday 18:26
Only if you want to be vindictive towards him”

Don’t be silly. If he doesn’t have a valid MOT he will be uninsured too. You’d be happy with that?

@HundredMilesAnHour has the correct approach.

With no Mot he will not be able to tax the car. Check on the Web site given to see when the tax is due. If it has already expired then DVLA will deal with it. If not expired yet then you will get done idea how much longer he has.

BTW if the brake pads were only advisory it doesn't necessarily mean it is unsafe, yet.

Only a cunt drives round in a car with no MOT.
Report him.

It could have been taxed and insured before the MOT ran out as both run for a year

User894532765 · Today 09:31
It could have been taxed and insured before the MOT ran out as both run for a year”

So at the latest, April-April. It’s July.

Tax could be 6 months different to MOT, my Mot is in March but my tax is in August, insurance is in May

Not true.

Insurance is only invalid if your car isn't roadworthy.

I know guys who use to delibrately buy bangers. The bangers would be taxed, insured and have MOTs. They would also sometimes be able to get them an MOT the year afterwards. However within a few weeks to months of the renewed MOT the car would stop being roadworthy. One was actually told to take his car of the road by a traffic officer. The owner couldn't be fined and the car couldn't be impounded at the time because it was taxed, insured, had a valid MOT, working brake lights etc. So if the traffic officer took it off the road it would be up to the police to show it wasn't roadworthy.

If I was late for my MOT due to how I use my cars and get them serviced, my insurer would have a hard time arguing my current car wasn't roadworthy.

Lots of people don't get that.

What difference does that make? A camera can't detect a car with no MOT.

That means his insurance is invalid doesn’t it?

So obviously you would report, as he’s driving your son around in an uninsured car.

A friend had an accident which was her fault, and her young child suffered life changing injuries as a result. Without the insurance payout they would have lost everything, and wouldn’t be able to provide their DC with the multiple therapies and adjustments they need and will need for the rest of their life. They will never be able to live independently.

I wouldn’t let my child anywhere near this car.

Well, after posting my tax was due August I realised I hadn't had a reminder! So just taxed it before I forgot using my registration document, don't know where the reminder got to

@Floatlikeafeather2 ANPR cameras on police cars and on the way in/out of most towns can check for MOT against the register.

No.

The insurer needs to prove the car wasn't roadworthy.

An MOT only shows that the car passed the MOT on that particularly day. A day later your car could be not roadworthy.

If your MOT had expired and you had to drive your car, your car is still insured if it is roadworthy.

If he doesn't have an MOT then he doesn't have insurance

The OP isn't a 10 year old!

Yes they do. ANPR checks the registration with the DVLA database and can see untaxed, uninsured vehicles, along with those having no valid MOT.

Those cameras are everywhere now. Every major motorway and most cities.

Putting funding and general reduced numbers of police aside, it is one of the reasons that there are less traffic police as this kind of automation reduces the need for physical bodies. Personally, I would prefer those bodies to be redeployed, but that would be a different thread.

I generally hate this ‘snitching’ culture..kids playing in street report them, neighbours smoking weed report them etc however in this instance I would have a genuine safety concern but unfortunately there isn’t really anywhere to report it or at least nobody that cares, his insurance would be invalid though. Personally I would refuse to allow my child in the vehicle until I know it has a valid MOT so just tell him that then it’s on him to sort it, hugely irresponsible of him imo

If you can get the reg you can check the mot too. Does it make insurance invalid too if no mot?

I would if he drives your child in it, otherwise no.

This 100 percent

You don't get one now but can go onto gov.uk/check-mot-status. It will tell you if it's taxed too. You need the registration number.

No but a car with no MOT will not be worth much so is more likely to be written off!
AND the insurer may try to recover any third party costs due to no MOT!

The latter is beyond the OP's control as it isn't proven the car isn't unroadworthy.

However if she reports the car and it is clamped then he can't take their joint child in it.

I would, without a single thought.