Roadworthiness is key

On a TV show, a car that had been stored since failing an MOT some years earlier was test driven, viewers being told that the car is now Mot-exempt. It sets a bad precedent. The Government’s website makes it clear that, even if a vehicle doesn’t need an MOT, it must be capable of passing one whenever used on public roads.

A failed MOT, with no work since, proves the car wasn’t roadworthy. The presenter would be breaking the law and invalidating the insurance by driving. Being exempt from the requirement to have an MOT is not an exemption from the requirement to be roadworthy.

David Landers, Morpeth