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From: Conor on 24 Dec 2008 16:57 In article <4951FB0F.9C3ABCDD(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore says... > > It is a defective vehicle. Regardless of the MOT status, it does not > > meet the minimum legal requirements for roadworthiness. > > Define. > A MOT test is a test of the vehicles ability to meet the minimum standard for roadworthiness. It failed. There are additional requirements not in the MOT which are covered by C&U regs. -- Conor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams
From: Graz on 24 Dec 2008 22:27 On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:57:52 -0000, Conor <conor_turton(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >In article <4951FB0F.9C3ABCDD(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore says... > >> > It is a defective vehicle. Regardless of the MOT status, it does not >> > meet the minimum legal requirements for roadworthiness. >> >> Define. >> >A MOT test is a test of the vehicles ability to meet the minimum >standard for roadworthiness. It failed. > >There are additional requirements not in the MOT which are covered by >C&U regs. Is a car with one failed number plate light driving in daytime "unroadworthy"?
From: Conor on 25 Dec 2008 04:55 In article <4952fd6a.586819000(a)news.motzarella.org>, Graz says... > On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:57:52 -0000, Conor <conor_turton(a)hotmail.com> > wrote: > > >In article <4951FB0F.9C3ABCDD(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore says... > > > >> > It is a defective vehicle. Regardless of the MOT status, it does not > >> > meet the minimum legal requirements for roadworthiness. > >> > >> Define. > >> > >A MOT test is a test of the vehicles ability to meet the minimum > >standard for roadworthiness. It failed. > > > >There are additional requirements not in the MOT which are covered by > >C&U regs. > > Is a car with one failed number plate light driving in daytime > "unroadworthy"? > Do you honestly need that answering? -- Conor I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either. - Scott Adams
From: Tim S Kemp on 25 Dec 2008 05:11 "Corporal Jones" <corporaljones(a)thentlworld.com> wrote in message news:3xa4l.28629$Zz2.12317(a)newsfe30.ams2... > > Conor wrote: >> In article <Xr94l.28508$Zz2.13047(a)newsfe30.ams2>, Corporal Jones says... >>> Had my car in for it's yearly service & MOT today, it failed. >>> As the current MOT does not run out till the 4th of Jan what is the >>> legal position of driving it till then? >> >> You are knowingly driving a defective vehicle. Depends on what it failed >> on. > Mmmm I drove it back home from the MOT testing station, now parked on my > drive, I am not DRIVING (a defective vehicle) You drove a defective one to it's MOT and back home again. If you'd have caused an accident and your car was inspected you may have been done for it. I can't remember when I last failed an MOT but then my car is service 2-3 times a year so stuff gets picked up more often. I'd have thought defective ball joints would have been noticable as noise or feeling in the steering. -- And remember kids, RAID is safe and the UPS never fails, and Cisco routers never develop intermittent faults, and external hard drives never fail with only a month's use.
From: Corporal Jones on 25 Dec 2008 07:08
Tim S Kemp wrote: > > You drove a defective one to it's MOT and back home again. If you'd have > caused an accident and your car was inspected you may have been done for > it. Not knowing it is defective how else would I get it to the test station (actually the mechanic who did the service drove it to the test station) > I can't remember when I last failed an MOT but then my car is service > 2-3 times a year so stuff gets picked up more often. I'd have thought > defective ball joints would have been noticable as noise or feeling in > the steering. This is the first time a car of mine has failed an MOT that is because I always have a service beforehand to rectify any problems. Unfortunately due to the hols the garage is closed till next Monday when the repairs will be done and a retest taken. According to the Mechanic the joint is not in any imminent danger of collapsing but has enough play in it to fail the test. -- Corporal Jones "I don't like it up me" |