aron
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out of interest, what's the fine/penalty for driving a vehicle with an expired mot?
a mate of mine wants to drive his car a few days after the mot expiry date for a journey not related to getting an mot
he has booked for an mot but there will be a gap between it expiring and getting a new mot
who knows what the dealio is?
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Corsa Matt
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3 Points and £150 fine. No MOT means that the insurance is Void so the car would proberbly be impounded too. It's not worth the risk, Just MOT the car.
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Patrick
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I like the 'mate of mine' lol
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pow
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I did it to school and back once 
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B3KAN
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You dont get points for no mot just a fine.
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willay
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beeped you from the new shaped astra on sunday night aaron, you was giving it some wellie 
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ShEp
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0 points,. and the insurance thing doesn't come up
If it's the first time your caught you'll get a £40 fine
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p4uls corsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa Matt
3 Points and £150 fine. No MOT means that the insurance is Void so the car would proberbly be impounded too. It's not worth the risk, Just MOT the car.
Do you bollocks get points, I got caught for not having a valid mot and was given a £50 fine.
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a_j_mair
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i have ran around in a couple different cars without an MOT after forgetting it was needing done
my wheel actually fell off when i had no MOT was rather lucky
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flybikeslee
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gf got fined £60, dozy bint
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aron
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so the general gist is a fine if you're unlucky and a telling off with luck on your side?
quote:
Originally posted by willay
beeped you from the new shaped astra on sunday night aaron, you was giving it some wellie
i didn't notice any beeping etc 
where was it wills? heading into hoddeston?
i often see your's and shopy's cars at brox station, but you knew that 
[Edited on 18-03-2009 by aron]
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daymoon
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some one i know was driving a van for 5+ month with no MOT (not his fault as its companys van).. didnt get caught.
some one from the same company was driving for 4 month with no MOT (private car though) didnt get caught 
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dean101287
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My mate got pulled over the other day and his MOT had ran out. Police said it had ran out when the pulled him over and he said it had not (as he thought it hadnt). They gave him a producer so he went and got MOT then handed in all the correct documents.
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richc
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quote:
Originally posted by daymoon
some one i know was driving a van for 5+ month with no MOT (not his fault as its companys van).. didnt get caught.
some one from the same company was driving for 4 month with no MOT (private car though) didnt get caught
Bloke at work did the same! Suprising how many middle age folk do it without noticing! And unless its a anpr, they wont get stoped for a reason as they look sensible and mature 
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daymoon
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quote:
Originally posted by richc
quote:
Originally posted by daymoon
some one i know was driving a van for 5+ month with no MOT (not his fault as its companys van).. didnt get caught.
some one from the same company was driving for 4 month with no MOT (private car though) didnt get caught
Bloke at work did the same! Suprising how many middle age folk do it without noticing! And unless its a anpr, they wont get stoped for a reason as they look sensible and mature
apparently, its only tax and insurance that ANPR check.
it doesnt check the MOT as they assume that the car has one if its taxed as you need MOT to tax the car. However you MOT can run out the day after you got the tax....
[Edited on 18-03-2009 by daymoon]
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Graham88
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I drove my bike without an MOT yesterday Don't really see the point in the risk of driving around day to day though.
[Edited on 18-03-2009 by Graham88]
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Robbo
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As said, no MOT = no insurance so theortiucally you cna get points etc., thinky ou would just get a 7 day window in which to get it done though
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Olsrey
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I got fined £158 for no MOT, no points.
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Ren
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You insurance is only void if you're in an accident that's your fault, and the cause of the accident is something that would of failed the MOT. Otherwise having no MOT does NOT void your insurance.
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willay
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quote:
Originally posted by aron
so the general gist is a fine if you're unlucky and a telling off with luck on your side?
quote:
Originally posted by willay
beeped you from the new shaped astra on sunday night aaron, you was giving it some wellie
i didn't notice any beeping etc
where was it wills? heading into hoddeston?
i often see your's and shopy's cars at brox station, but you knew that
[Edited on 18-03-2009 by aron]
Was in Ware, you were coming towards Ware from the direction of Wareside/total garage/back road to stansted abbots.
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aron
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ahhh! i was a little late for a lady - i wouldn't normally do 35mph in the hood.
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VegasPhil
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I do it sometimes 
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WATSON
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You can only drive it from and to the MOT station without MOT, You will get a fine and could lead to gettting the car impounded.
Insurance will still be valid!
Information above is from a traffic officer 
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VegasPhil
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I'm not a traffic officer 
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WATSON
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quote:
Originally posted by VegasPhil
I'm not a traffic officer
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