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Originally Posted by quattrokid
@Steve63, so IF your car fails its mot, can the owner still drive it DIRECTLY home or TO a test station TO BE TESTED PROVIDED ITS PREVIOUSLY BOOKED IN FOR A TEST? or has this changed please?
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Assuming the car still has an MOT and it fails then you can drive it until the MOT runs out (assuming its not in a dangerous condition)
If the car has NO MOT (i.e the MOT has lapsed) then you can drive it to a pre-booked MOT and if it fails then you can drive it straight to a place of repair or straight back home, I think you can drive it straight to a scrapyard if you wish too (i.e you own a Ford).
Steve, I was told by a recovery contractor that the insurance database is updated every Thursdsay, their yard was full of cars that had been unlawfully/illegally/wrongly seized by the police for having no insurance. If the police are proved wrong they are suppost to pay the recovery and storage charges but most of the time they refuse. The innocent owner has to pay to get their car back, or ultimately it gets crushed. Its a bit of a scandal IMHO.
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