asco58 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:01 amI'm aware that an MOT is not permanent proof of roadworthiness. However, it does show that the vehicle met the minimum legal safety standards within the year which makes it more likely to be safer than a vehicle that has never had an MOT. It's about ticking boxes for insurers as well.
The law does not work like that, facts only.
This is not true. You can be fined up to £2500, be banned from driving and receive 3 penalty points for driving a vehicle in a dangerous condition. If someone steals your bike and you report the vehicle as stolen to the police, it would be the thief who would be driving the vehicle in a dangerous condition and therefore liable. If you willingly lent a dangerous vehicle to someone or parked it on a public road, then you might risk prosecution.
You are wrong pal, this is true, I know for a fact, a friend had his bike nicked, the bike was chased by Police and crashed, police took bike and inspected it, telling him he will get prosecuted for the unsafe vehicle if it was found to be at fault, you now see motorcycles outside bike shops with warning letters on if they are not road worthy.
The catch is, the thief had no way of knowing the bike was faulty, its the same thing with glass on your wall to stop a thief, if they injure themselves your liable, its no good saying they shouldn't of nicked it, or they shouldn't have been trying to break in my house, that is no defence, same as I didn't know, I remember a case were a lad fell through a roof trying to break in, he sued the owner for damages for his injuries as the roof was deemed unsafe.
An MOT is not a get out of jail card but on paper a vehicle that passes an MOT every year is more likely to be in a roadworthy condition than one that has never been tested and that is possibly how insurers might see it. Insurance companies are full of actuaries.
When you tax your exempt vehicle, you tick a box saying that you self certify that the bike is in roadworthy condition, that is all the proof you need in the eyes of the law.
You don't need to be a mechanic or have any special training to do this.
I am giving you all the facts on this, not old wives tails and I would thinks, facts, and the law only works on facts.
Any insurance company telling you different is trying it on.