Whats the law regarding driving with no MOT? A friend is driving his car with no mot until he gets work done to it next week then it will pass. Are there any fines etc for driving with no mot?

No MOT = No insurence

 

Tell him to stop using it!

I seem to remember being told you could drive to an MOT testing station and thats it, dunno if its bull or not...

You can to and from an MOT but thats it. and you need to have the car booked in with the garage to prove this if pulled by the law.

As far as I understood it it's legal to drive it to the MOT station as long as you have it booked in, but I stand to be corrected. It's certainly not ok to drive it around until he has the work done, if he has an accident some poor sucker's gonna be stitched up because he hasn't got any insurance... :nono:

Also the fail slip has to state that it is not unsafe to drive. If it it deemed unsafe to drive by the MOT station, it has to be transported/towed or left with the garage.

I am led to believe, by a close friend in insurance, that his insurance company would pay out any third party costs (if he is insured) but would not cover any of his costs. They may well take him to court to recover tho

Thanks guys for all the info, will pass it on the the guy in question.