My indy is on Sorn and i drove it to a MOT test last week it's insured
Today i have just received a letter saying it has been seen on the main road un-taxed and i will get a £80 fine if i don't get it taxed straight
away
I thought you were allowed to go to MOT test's as you cant get road tax without a MOT ?
Now its the bank holiday i cant ring DVLA
Jacko
just send a copy of the MOT slip and state it was being taken to the test center at the time.
Can i go to the post office and do this ?
Should be ok if you can prove it as Mr Whippy says:
Their webiste/form says:
Important – you must, however, keep your vehicle off the road during this time as you will be committing an offence if it is used or parked on the
road. (The vehicle may only be used on public roads to go to and from a pre-arranged test, – for example, an MoT – and as long as the vehicle is
insured.)
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Originally posted by jacko
Can i go to the post office and do this ?
Thats the inherent problem with camera's, they cannot differentiate in these sort of circumstance's.
Your now in the situation where YOU have to prove your in the right.
Surely the easiest option is to just to go tax it., I presume that's the goal after getting it tested, getting it on the road for summer??
Good luck!
Steve
Hi i have sent dvla a copy of the mot showing the time it was mot-ed and there letter showing the time they Caught me on camera they caught me on
the way home 7 minutes after the test
so hope i will be ok and the end to this
Jacko
PS if the DVLA checked for mot tests first then it would have saved all this messing about
quote:
Originally posted by jacko
Hi i have sent dvla a copy of the mot showing the time it was mot-ed and there letter showing the time they Caught me on camera they caught me on the way home 7 minutes after the test
so hope i will be ok and the end to this
Jacko
PS if the DVLA checked for mot tests first then it would have saved all this messing about
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Originally posted by coozer
quote:
Originally posted by jacko
Hi i have sent dvla a copy of the mot showing the time it was mot-ed and there letter showing the time they Caught me on camera they caught me on the way home 7 minutes after the test
so hope i will be ok and the end to this
Jacko
PS if the DVLA checked for mot tests first then it would have saved all this messing about
Thought it was the tax they were asking about?
i don't think MOT bookings are made on a central system so they wouldn't know why you're driving (you COULD of course be sorned and
just driving around free, but you weren't)
these kind of things will happen, and you won't be the last!
I acctually think its good they have these automated, chances are most untaxed cars are uninsured and/or unmot'd so its catching them as it
should do. However it is a pain that you have to prove that you were justifiably on the road. But its hardly difficult.
If I was you I would not send them a copy of the MoT (Incase they demand you tax it now) I would send them a copy of the recipt for the Mot (should
show the date and reg) then they dont know if it passed on not.
Im not complaining it's the fact Mot's are computer on line to the DVLA and so is the road tax all they had to do is check when and what
time it was MOT-ed and what time i was driving it.
Then if they used a bit of common sense they could have saved time and money sending letters out
Each car must have its own records at the DVLA