What is the furthest you have driven a car with no MOT...

[SambaS]

...to a pre-booked MOT? There is no guidence in law that states what distance you can or can not drive. My MOT man (North Yorkshire) said he had a guy drive up from Portsmouth in the past. I ask as I'm considering Lincoln - North Yorkshire.

[Louise2cv]

You said it yourself, there is no maximum distance. We drove a car round for about 3 months with no MOT

 

Just prebook and you're away!

[SambaS]

Thanks I find that quite amusing. What do you rekon to my insurance query?

You said it yourself, there is no maximum distance. We drove a car round for about 3 months with no MOT

 

Just prebook and you're away!

[Father Ted]

Swindon to Preston with no MOT

and in 1998 from March to September with no MOT because we had forgotten about it, this included a trip from Preston to St Briac and back.

[hhhugues]

i've driven around a few weeks with no MOT before, i must confess. I was fretting about it until a friend of mine said his was 2 month overdue. He knew what work needed doing before putting it through but couldn't afford it

Problem is, i guess it means if anything happens, your insurance policy is void ?

[Ross_K]

...to a pre-booked MOT? There is no guidence in law that states what distance you can or can not drive. My MOT man (North Yorkshire) said he had a guy drive up from Portsmouth in the past. I ask as I'm considering Lincoln - North Yorkshire.

 

In one journey? Airdrie to Cork - 450 miles+ferry.

 

Over a period of time? I'd hate to guess

[SambaS]

I needn't worry about a measly 90miles then! I wonder how many times I get pulled in those 90 miles with the car showing up as uninsured, untaxed and unMOTed. Obvs I will make sure it all works, isn't dangerous and has 1.6mm of tread left etc

[e287yba]

i've driven around a few weeks with no MOT before, i must confess. I was fretting about it until a friend of mine said his was 2 month overdue. He knew what work needed doing before putting it through but couldn't afford it

Problem is, i guess it means if anything happens, your insurance policy is void ?

 

Nope . Any valuation of your un-MoTed vehicle might be reduced, but you'll still be insured as if it was MoTed (example - you'd not be able to drive a car sans MoT for one because you wouldn't be insured, which would be daft) so worry ye not...

[Pillock]

The law states a "reasonable distance" when driving to a pre-booked MoT.

Reasonable is obviously quite vague and completely down to the officer who stops you. It can be varied by how busy he is, how polite you are, how much the car looks like it could veer off into a school playground, and whether said officer got his end away that morning with Mrs Officer.

 

Personally I wouldn't push it these days with all the ANPR, and I'd choose the nearest test centre. If you did try some epic road trip, and you did have a safety-related accident, I'm sure they'd make a meal of the fact you'd ignored you local test station. With or without MoT, remember it's still an offence to drive an unroadworthy car.

 

Personally, I did about 40 miles in a GTE at night with shonky lights and no sills.

[Cheggers]

I'll 'fess up to a full year driving around with no MoT, purely down to my own forgetfulness & stupidity.

 

Nothing happened

[Guest]

The law states a "reasonable distance" when driving to a pre-booked MoT.

It doesn't and never has done, it's one of the biggest perpetuated myths of motoring law. Provided the test is pre-booked and the car is insured, it can be on the other side of the country and it would be perfectly legal. If you were pulled, you could get into trouble if the car was unroadworthy, but this is irrelevant of current MOT - you could still be prosecuted for non-functioning lights, tyres below minimum tread depth, etc. Ultimately they wouldn't be able to put something into law which has such vague wording as it'd be completely unenforceable.

[Pete-M]

The law states a "reasonable distance" when driving to a pre-booked MoT.

It doesn't and never has done, it's one of the biggest perpetuated myths of motoring law. Provided the test is pre-booked and the car is insured, it can be on the other side of the country and it would be perfectly legal. If you were pulled, you could get into trouble if the car was unroadworthy, but this is irrelevant of current MOT - you could still be prosecuted for non-functioning lights, tyres below minimum tread depth, etc. Ultimately they wouldn't be able to put something into law which has such vague wording as it'd be completely unenforceable.

 

Hirst is spot on with this.

 

I've done 1000 miles without an mot. German border to Blackpool. It ran out while I was away...

[gtd2000]

Yep, my German mate drives his Supra from Southern Germany to Dover each year

 

Don't forget that technically the MOT is really only valid on the date of issue - so there's at least 364 days in the year where it's of no use to man nor beast.

[Lord Sterling]

I'll 'fess up to a full year driving around with no MoT, purely down to my own forgetfulness & stupidity.

 

Nothing happened

 

Same here, drove a full year with MOT.