NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑30 Jul 2022, 12:37
Now the little section on "Driving" as opposed to "taking"
Driving a vehicle that’s failed
You can take your vehicle away if:
your current MOT certificate is still valid
no ‘dangerous’ problems were listed in the MOT
Otherwise, you’ll need to get it repaired before you can drive.
So what happens to the category of Vehicle on SORN, no valid current MOT certificate, Fails the Test (any item not just a dangerous item.) Can you drive it back
I guess the "Otherwise, you'll need to get it repaired before you can drive" applies, and a vehicle on SORN, taking the MOT Test after the expiry date of the last certificate, and failing probably needs trailering away from the test-centre, and not driven on public roads.
I may have to revise my strategy, especially seeing as I have let the previous certificate expire.
REgards Neil
The Gov. says: You can drive a SORNd car to/from a booked in advance MOT test.
The Gov. says: You can drive a car with an MOT failure away from an MOT station.
Driving it when it failed as 'dangerous' is a separate issue. An MOT tester / station cannot prevent you from driving a 'dangerous' car away from the MOT test station.
Reasonableness (and common sense) come into play if you need to argue it in court. The nature of the failure, the closeness of the MOT test station to your home or place where you store your car, the manner of your driving, the location you were stopped if/when caught, etc, etc.
So yes - you can drive it back from an MOT failure whilst still SORNd, but only more or less directly home. If you were caught whilst SORN'd and MOT failured whilst driving from the MOT station to a nearby garage you usually use then you have a good argument. If you were caught whilst SORN'd and MOT failured whilst driving from the MOT station to a nearby garage 100 miles away you're on dodgy ground.