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martins
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Posted: Tue Feb 10th, 2009 10:30 am |
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The address your vehicle is registered at does not come into it, as long as you are on your way to a pre-booked MOT Test - that is when you are in the UK – however, if you are stopped before you get to the UK, or if you have an accident, you will be subject to the local laws.
You will need to find out the relevant laws in the countries you will be travelling through - outside the scope of this forum, and I suspect, VOSA, unfortunately.
You could of course have had your car MOTd just before you left and had a whole year to get back (for the benefit of others who this might apply to).
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castrolrob
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Posted: Mon Feb 9th, 2009 10:05 pm |
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there is no distance limit on booking an mot,however as an english tester i cant tell you how your insurance/slovakian authorities will view this
or indeed if they could access the relevant information sufficiently well to be able to tell(i assume you have road tax etc)also stop me if i am wrong but arent you supposed to have snow tyres available to you in most of that part of europe?
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Posted: Mon Feb 9th, 2009 07:06 pm |
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infin1tty wrote:
I have a question that I would like to ask, and am not sure if this is the right organization to answer my question, however, I need to at least try.
I own a vehicle - Honda civic, which I drove all the way across Europe to Slovakia to visit my family and stay at home for Christmas. I planned to return to UK for my MOT test which runs out on the 25th of February 2009. However, as far as the road conditions and the weather for such a long journey back is almost impossible or at least to say highly risky, I need to find out whether there would be a chance that I could travel a week or two after the mot expiery and if I could defend my self if stopped by the police on the way from my homeland address in Slovakia to the MOT station, where I would book the test beforehand.
I know there is a possibility to drive a vehicle from and to the MOT station only from the registered address, which in my case is Brighton. However, my situation is very different, and being that I am not in England at the moment, road conditions are terrible for the 1000 miles drive with the summer tyres on, and all that would significantly help is an information, whether the police, in case they stop me could take my situation into consideration and would not endorse a penalty ticket.
Please, let me know if you possibly can answer my question, or if you could advice me any organization or police department that would be competent to deal and answer my question.
Thank you very much, as this is a very serious matter, for your understanding and any help.
Regards,
Maros Matousek
Hi, is it not possible to get an mot test where you are, does your country not fall within the EU?
Best advise is ring; VOSA on 0300 123 9000
They are best to advise you.
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Posted: Mon Feb 9th, 2009 06:26 pm |
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I have a question that I would like to ask, and am not sure if this is the right organization to answer my question, however, I need to at least try.
I own a vehicle - Honda civic, which I drove all the way across Europe to Slovakia to visit my family and stay at home for Christmas. I planned to return to UK for my MOT test which runs out on the 25th of February 2009. However, as far as the road conditions and the weather for such a long journey back is almost impossible or at least to say highly risky, I need to find out whether there would be a chance that I could travel a week or two after the mot expiery and if I could defend my self if stopped by the police on the way from my homeland address in Slovakia to the MOT station, where I would book the test beforehand.
I know there is a possibility to drive a vehicle from and to the MOT station only from the registered address, which in my case is Brighton. However, my situation is very different, and being that I am not in England at the moment, road conditions are terrible for the 1000 miles drive with the summer tyres on, and all that would significantly help is an information, whether the police, in case they stop me could take my situation into consideration and would not endorse a penalty ticket.
Please, let me know if you possibly can answer my question, or if you could advice me any organization or police department that would be competent to deal and answer my question.
Thank you very much, as this is a very serious matter, for your understanding and any help.
Regards,
Maros Matousek
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