sport16v
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Hello, a while back (about 4 months ago) me and a mate were going to use a vehicle for spares. It had recently failed the mot so we would have to drive it from his work to his own premises to work on. As it was his name in the log book, he had given me permition to use the vehicle. It still had tax. My quinn policy states that I can drive any vehicle provided that I have the owners permission, however the car didnt have mot. As we were driving back, we saw a police car and it turned round, we thought the worst was going to happen as we were miffed about the legality of me driving with no mot. , I was on edge, ditched the car, stupidly me and the passenger ran from the scene (car was hit, rad was smoking). Now they are trying to convict me for no insurance, I was insured with quinn, however I didnt have a valid mot. If we had got the car back to his,, we were going to get the scrap company round after we had stripped what we needed so it was getting scrapped anywho. Where do I stand with this? What am I likely to get charged with? I am only 18 with a years no claims and I know it was stupid but I have no criminal record, never been in trouble before.
[Edited on 13-08-2008 by sport16v]
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John
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I don't believe you ditched it and ran just because it had no mot, they'd have made you get an mot and that would have been it.
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sport16v
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yeah but we're only young, never really dealt with police, if you're a bit scared, you do stupid things. Sad but true
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S@M
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lol, it will go to court no doubt
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sport16v
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yes that's the thing, I'm going to court, wanting to know what to expect.
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Ryan
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Expect the worst if i was you, that way if you keep your lisence its a bonus
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Robbo
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If you had no MOT then the Insurance is invalid anyway
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Mobby
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so a car hit the car you ditched?, and does a car have to have mot to be valid
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Ryan
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No insurance = 6 points iirc
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Mobby
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its a shame whats happened mate, dont worry about it, you could loose you licence or they might fill you up with points, either way you could get some real shit off them, but iv done some stupid things before, i fucking know i have
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sport16v
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no I crashed it 
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John
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What'll happen is they'll give you a 50 quid fine the same as they normally do.
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Mobby
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right so your mates told them it was you driving, should have burned it tbh.
just put a puppy face on and tell them yours is the only car in the family and everyone needs it etc, thats the best you can do
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Mobby
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quote:
Originally posted by John
What'll happen is they'll give you a 50 quid fine the same as they normally do.
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sport16v
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quote:
Originally posted by mobby
right so your mates told them it was you driving, should have burned it tbh.
just put a puppy face on and tell them yours is the only car in the family and everyone needs it etc, thats the best you can do
I think that's all I can do really
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BYRON
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crashed it? Were you being chased?
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Mobby
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quote:
Originally posted by BYRON
crashed it? Were you being chased?
no he shit it and floored it and thought the police were turning around at the roundabout
[Edited on 13-08-2008 by mobby]
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sport16v
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basically, we had our high beam on (I didnt realise tbh) and they were turning round to tell us to turn them off but I thought the worst, got a bit pannicky and crashed it trying to go down some lane
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Robbo
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So you crashed it and they discovered it had no MOT right? In which case your insurance is invalid so they can do you for no insurance IIRC, bad luck I suppose
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Tommy L
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Doldy
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If you would have stopped, or carried on as normal, you would be ok as they would have made you get an MOT as you were taking it to get it prepped for the mot......
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Robbo
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Originally posted by Doldy
If you would have stopped, or carried on as normal, you would be ok as they would have made you get an MOT as you were taking it to get it prepped for the mot......
In which case plead random act of stupidity and hopefully they will be lenient
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blebo
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You only need insurance in respect of third party risks to be legal. Your insurnace cetificate will state that you are covered thisd party to drive other vehicle provided you have alicence for that class of behicle and the consent of the owner.
You cannot get done for no insurance if you had been stopped driving the vehicle.
You fucked yourself by stopping and parking the vehicle, you then kept the vehicle on a road without insurance. As your policy does not allow you keep the car on teh road only to drive it from a to b.
Common mistake, 6 points for you sonny
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S@M
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yeh you will get a ban i think.
6 points=ban if your only 18
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Robbo
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If it had no MOT it should have been trailered from one destination to the other. No MOT = invalid insurance, are people not understandign this?!
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