Driving with no mot

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Aibu unreasonable to think dp should not drive his car from his lockup 5 miles away and bring it home and instead should just take it to the garage for a mot .

If something happens then he ends up in trouble. So… it a risk. He’s only covered if he is driving it to a test centre.

Strong chance he’ll get caught it’s all done by camera now you get summoned in the post

Also,my insurance policy says it's invalid if vehicle doesn't have current MOT

No mot means no insurance doesn't it? The exwmption being to get it to the test centre.

He'd be bloody stupid to do it. If he has an accident he won't be insured for a start. Imagine the absolute nightmare if he does get caught or crashes or hits someone else's car -all for the sake of £50 and a drive to a test centre.

Also means no road tax too I believe. Someone I know had their car clamped for not having tax, she was adamant she did but then found out no MOT meant no tax either. So had to pay to get car unclamped and get MOT done

I drove my car got it’s MOT to the garage and had an accident on the way😬.
What are the chances?
It was not my fault and the other driver just asked me to get quotes and paid.

He either drives it from the lock up to a pre-booked MOT appointment, or he gets a low loader and transports the car home on that.

Should he, no? Would I risk it if I knew 100% the car was roadworthy, yes. Less risky would be to book it in for an MOT close to home then cancel. The chances of getting caught are minuscule, I know someone who recently did a 200+ mile round trip on holiday, got back to realise two tyres were down to the cords and the MOT had expired 3 weeks prior.

We were watching police interceptors the other week and a guy was stopped in his van, his MOT was out of date by a couple of months and he was trying to plead he was on the way to the MOT center/hadn't driven it before and the police could tell instantly on their system that he had been driving it around for weeks.

There are too many ANPR cameras around, both fixed and in police cars which instantly check whether you have a valid MOT certificate, road tax or insurance.

I wouldn't do it because I am risk adverse. dh wouldn't do it because it would piss me right off of the potential consequences. The risk of being stopped is probably low, but if he does get stopped there is no hiding from the cameras.

Less risky would be to book it in for an MOT close to home then cancel.

You would pre book an MOT appointment at a garage then cancel with little or no notice and leave them out of pocket so you could break the law? Classy.

Not last minute, that would be a bit cunty. But I’d book one for next week and arrange to drop it in 4 or 5 days early. I have in fact done that before with a mate’s garage although he knew it “might get cancelled” but it was in his diary. People move cars like this all the time, book an MOT 100 miles away and as long as the car’s roadworthy you’re all good.

Why is be driving it from the lockup to home instead of taking it for an MOT? Do you mean he can't afford the MOT and he is driving it regularly from the lockup without one? I don't understand.

Not entirely, you could be driving without insurance unless your insurance company insures cars without an MOT.

If you stop driving in the direction of the MOT center, pop into the shops or head to your house or another destination than the booked MOT center, you are not driving the car directly to the MOT center and the exemption no longer applies.

The longer you are on the road the more ANPR cameras are picking up your route which will clearly show if you are trying to pull a fast one.

Your dh is a twat.

If he wants to take it home to work on pre MOT then I guess he will have to pay to take it on a trailer..

Most policies only state that the car has to roadworthy not that it has to have a current MOT.

Absolutely you can’t stop to do your shopping etc as you say.

Even with all the ANPR around you’re still unlikely to have an issue. As I say, a friend literally did a 200+ mile motorway journey several weeks ago with an expired MOT, zero consequences. A few years ago I drove a car for 3 months with an expired MOT (not deliberately, was a complete oversight). I got pulled over during that time and the cops didn’t even notice.