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As long as it's insured you can drive to a pre-booked MOT and unless they fail it as too dangerous to use on the road it's legal to drive back. You have to take a fairly direct route so no 100 mile detours on the way 
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From direct.gov.uk:
Driving an untaxed vehicle to an MOT test
You can drive your vehicle to and from a pre-arranged test at an MOT test station as long as you have adequate insurance cover.
This also applies to vehicles being driven to and from a pre-arranged test at:
a Vehicle Inspection Check (VIC) test station
an approved weight testing station and reduced pollution test station
As Robotstar5 says, take a nice direct route to a nearby test station to avoid looking like you're taking liberties
Michael
Driving an untaxed vehicle to an MOT test
You can drive your vehicle to and from a pre-arranged test at an MOT test station as long as you have adequate insurance cover.
This also applies to vehicles being driven to and from a pre-arranged test at:
a Vehicle Inspection Check (VIC) test station
an approved weight testing station and reduced pollution test station
As Robotstar5 says, take a nice direct route to a nearby test station to avoid looking like you're taking liberties
Michael
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who are u kidding
driving a vehicle on a public road with no insurance ,instant points and a fine
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who are u kidding
6 points and your car impounded!
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As said above, you can legally drive to a pre-booked MOT. There is an exemption in the 'thou shalt not drive on a public road without an MOT' legislation that allows you to go and get said MOT. But you do need insurance cover in place for that vehicle, that can't be avoided.
Take evidence that you have booked it if you can - at the very least have the phone number of the garage you're taking it to so if you are stopped, the police officer can phone up to confirm whether it is booked in or not.
Take evidence that you have booked it if you can - at the very least have the phone number of the garage you're taking it to so if you are stopped, the police officer can phone up to confirm whether it is booked in or not.
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Good point - when I booked my untaxed Beetle in earlier this year, the MOT garage gave me a compliments slip with the details of the booking for that reason.
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There's an interesting point here: my bike was recently due an MOT so I booked it in a week beforehand as I was busy on the day it'd expire (1st May).
The tax ran out in October '11. So technically I was riding an insured, MOTed bike with no tax, which is a crime!
I didn't try it but I wonder if the 'system' would have let me tax the bike back to the start of April, with only a week's MOT left...
The tax ran out in October '11. So technically I was riding an insured, MOTed bike with no tax, which is a crime!
I didn't try it but I wonder if the 'system' would have let me tax the bike back to the start of April, with only a week's MOT left...
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I doubt it, otherwise every man and his dog would be driving around without TAX, as they would back date it if caught, to avoid any fine.
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The online system requires the vehicle to have valid MOT and insurance on the day the tax starts or it won't let you proceed. It's not possible AFAIK to back-date tax.
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not so you must have insurance the only reason you can drive to an mot station with no tax is because its not possible to tax it without an mot, whoever told you that you dont need insurance has mis informed you
the snooper
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nope not illegal as long as its booked in you are allowed to take a vehicle for an mot 1 month before its due and not lose whats left of the previous mot
if you tax a vehicle on 30th april the start date will be begining of april so you lose the month if you had tried 1st may thats all the system would allow because tax discs run from the first of each month
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Yes you can sell a vehicle now with 13 months MOT 
It does look odd.
It does look odd.
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From direct.gov.uk:
Driving an untaxed vehicle to an MOT test
You can drive your vehicle to and from a pre-arranged test at an MOT test station as long as you have adequate insurance cover.
This also applies to vehicles being driven to and from a pre-arranged test at:
a Vehicle Inspection Check (VIC) test station
an approved weight testing station and reduced pollution test station
As Robotstar5 says, take a nice direct route to a nearby test station to avoid looking like you're taking liberties
Michael
Yep, thats the right way, it would have to be road worthy though before going to the mot.
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Unless it's classed as a too dangerous to drive failure, you are OK to drive home.
the snooper
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and you cant say i didnt realise it was that dangerous officer because its on the fail sheet
