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Straightforward question, If I put my car in for an M.O.T one month early and it fails, can I still drive it for the one month originally remaining or does the failure override the original 12 months?
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The original MoT is still in force and you can continue to drive.
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No that's fine Zub. I do it that way every year so that I have a month in hand to get any work done which may show up. If you make sure you do it just less than a month before you can have it dated to the due date as well so if it passes first time you in effect get a thirteen month ticket. For example if your MOT is due on Sept 29th Try to get your test in on Aug 30th to give you the maximum flexibility or the longest ticket.
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If you make sure you do it just less than a month before you can have it dated to the due date as well so if it passes first time you in effect get a thirteen month ticket.
I get mine done early. To get the benefit of this rule I have to present the current certificate to the testing station when I take the car in.
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Technically yes you can as you still have a perfectly valid MOT certificate until it reaches its expiry date. But depending on what it fails on, the car could be deemed to be unroadworthy.
For example, say it was found to have excessive wear in a suspension joint. That hasn't just happened overnight and you would continue to use the car until the fault was rectified and retested and you would be perfectly entitled to do so. If the car was found to have a bald tyre and you continued to use it, then you would be well into the offence driving of an unroadworthy vehicle, even though you still have a valid MOT certificate.
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As far as I know, an MOT fail is just that. If it fails then a previously valid MOT would be worthless.
If the station is online then the fail condition would be in the system. This may show up on ANPR.
Doubtless other learned people will comment further.
screwtape
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The previous MOT certificate remains perfectly valid - a fail at a subsequent test does not over-ride the previous certificate even though the fact that the vehicle has failed an MOT is known to the authorities via the MOT computer system.
But, having a valid certificate only protects you against being done for not having a valid certificate. It is not a certificate of the vehicle's safety, or fitness for use on the road.
It is perfectly possible to be pulled up while driving out of an MOT station with a brand new, correctly issued, MOT certificate, and to be pulled over by the police and found to be driving a vehicle with safety related defects, and, quite correctly, be done for it.
The MOT is simply an inspection of a number of defined aspects - it is not a thorough and rigorous test of a vehicle's safety, and should be seen as an independent second look to check that good maintenance practices are being followed.
The responsibility for the vehicle's safety always rests with the driver, regardless of MOT certificate status.
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As far as I am aware there is no provision to end an issued MOT early so it remains valid until it expires.
There is provision for Plod/Vehicle Inspectors to report driver/owner for defects that occur within the validity of the Certificate issued but that will be for Con and Use offences and not using without a valid Certificate. They can also put the vehicle off the road and have it submitted for a Test certificate.
dvd
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Should have added that if whilst Cert in force vehicle is submitted for a Test and it fails
then, depending on the failure, use whilst the old Cert in force, then use by the driver knowing of the failure may be construed to be dangerous driving with a much more severe penalty that a Con and Use offence.
dvd
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Wouldn't look good in Court if there was a con and use contributory to a fatal, especially if the failure point was that contributory. MoT is a bit of paper then.
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I always get mine done early to give me time to sort any problems should it (invariably) need some attention. In fact it was Mot'd last Tuesday and passed after the replacement of a couple of brake hoses, the current cert still valid till the 29th.
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Get mine in early too, been lucky over the years and haven't had a failure that i can remember, but err on the side of caution, if you get a fail that requires a specialist repair, you've got nearly a month to fix it.
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A car should meet the minimum MOT standards 365 days a year and not just the day of the test. A failure would mean the car was unfit for the road and therefore should,nt be on the highway until the faults are rectified, you'd have no excuse as the fail certificte was issued to you and logged on the system.
Be involved in a fatallity and you'd be in the mire
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A car should meet the minimum MOT standards 365 days a year and not just the day of the test. A failure would mean the car was unfit for the road and therefore should nt be on the highway until the faults are rectified you'd have no excuse as the fail certificte was issued to you and logged on the system.
You need to apply some common sense about this - an empty washer bottle is miles away from dodgy brakes.
A failure does not mean the car suddenly becomes unfit for the road - the chanes are that it was already unfit for the road. I havn't had a car fail an MOT in many, many years. I keep a check on my cars and deal with any faults as soon as I become aware of them.
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You should book in for a test a max of 28 days early. Do it a month early and the pass will run from that date not be post dated.>> Straightforward question If I put my car in for an M.O.T one month early andit fails can I still drive it for the one month originally remaining or does the failure override the original 12 months?
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What no one mentions is that a tester can prohibit the car from being driven if there is a fault that makes it dangerous. Rare, I know no-one who has ever had it happen.
Having said that, with the exception of the time I was waiting for bits, I always go early in case they find something I missed.
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*What no one mentions is that a tester can prohibit the car from being driven if there is a fault that makes it dangerous. Rare, I know no-one who has ever had it happen."
Not correct.
VOSA vehicle examiners have that power but not mot testers.
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Yes, but there is a box for the tester to record anything that in his opinion renders the vehicle unsafe to drive. You'd be on doubly unsafe ground if it caused an accident during your month's respite.
I always take mine in a month early for the reasons given by others.
Some years ago the car failed on bulging brake hose under pressure, slightly mismatched headlight colour, and a worn bottom ball joint.
The brake hose got the caution box ticked. I did drive home, cautiously obviously, past the dealers to pick up a new hose, and fixed it that evening. The ball joint took a couple of days to order, and I replaced it at the next convenient weekend.
With commonsense one can I think safely use the flexibility provided by the one month rule.
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