Page 1 of Legal question RE: driving a dead car to the breakers

Title says it all. My poor old Mondeo didn't make it through the last medical too well, and no-one seems to want it for parts, so off to the scrapyard it is. Does anyone know if it's still permissable to drive it directly to the breakers from my house (no detours) as long as the sole reason for the journey is to take it there (or to a place of repair should that be an option?)

It's till taxed, (thanks to the wonderful new system) but as I understand it, the lack of an MOT certificate invalidates the insurance? 

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Pete-MK says...
"the lack of an MOT certificate invalidates the insurance? "
I believe so, there may be exemptions (were is our friendly neighbourhood policeman?) but I don't think that is one of them if there are.

Could you get someone else with a car to tow it?


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Is the scrappy far from you? if very close maybe worth a punt but I would call the local nick, if not legal maybe they could at least give u a number of someone who will pick it up locally? I'm sure there must be someone? Failing that a local charity?

The law states you can drive it to a MOT testing station, garage for repairs, if a pre-arranged test booking has been made.

The construction and use regulations require your vehicle to maintained in a roadworthy condition for it to be used on the road, the mot fail has told you that it is not in that condition and you are aware of that therefore you commit one if not more offences if you then use that vehicle on the road .

You would also quite likely commit an offence of no insurance as part of the contract you enter into with the insurance company requires you to maintain the vehicle in a road worthy condition and failing to do that would possibly render it void especially if you had an accident and the item that was unroadworthy was a contibutor to the cause of the accident .

Scrap yards will usually collect, or if you can borrow a trailer tow it there?

Cheers Mark. The car has been parked off the main highway since the fail and hasn't been driven, so no bother there. It's a bit of a shame because the engine is sound, it just needs some welding in a pretty inaccessible place, so the cost has killed it more than anything. 


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now worries... have you had any quotes for the welding, often find local tradesmen advertising on Facebook selling sites, far cheaper than garages!

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"but as I understand it, the lack of an MOT certificate invalidates the insurance? "Actually, I thought that was a bit of a myth - obviously with no effort from insurance companies to debunk it.  While they won't make it easy for you (since when does an insurance company?), 'merely'  having no MOT does not in and of itself mean the car is unroadworthy...  Just as having an MOT does not mean a car IS roadworthy.
In this case, the car is obviously not roadworthy because it has failed its MOT..
My point is, if it hadn't of had one that would not necessarily mean it wasn't roadworthy and could still be tested to prove it was.  Still an offence etc. to not have the MOT in the first place though...



Ste

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Seemed clear to me.

Ste