Car Crash - MOT expired

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Wed 17 Sep 2003 18:36
Car Crash - MOT expired - Rob C
A colleague of mine, (honest, it wasn't me) crashed his car this morning into the back of a parked vehicle. Fair bit of damage to both vehicles, possible write off of his car.

He has failed/forgotten to renew his MOT and it is about 2-3 weeks out of date.

Whats the worst case scenario?
To my knowledge, no MOT invalidates insurance, and therefore he has committed a criminal offence. Is this correct?

Will his, and the third party's, insurers check his MOT?
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Wed 17 Sep 2003 19:15
Car Crash - MOT expired - Dynamic Dave
Found these previous threads, if it\'s any help?

www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=8715&v...f

www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=11252&...f
or more specifically
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=11252&...e onwards.
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Wed 17 Sep 2003 22:54
Car Crash - MOT expired - slowdriver
About six months ago my fathers car got hit from behind on the motorway. The Car was a write off and the Police were involved although the incident wasn't his fault.

On checking his MOT he found it was about 3 weeks out of date.

In the end the insurance company paid out deducting about £100 from the value. Plod decided that the MOT was a genuine oversight and decided not to take it any further.
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