13 Apr 2011 11:26 PM:
The point is that all the three issues (MOT, roadtax and insurance) are treated as a separate issues here in UK
so of course you can drive a car with insurance but without MOT and you can be issued insurance as an entity on its own it still does not take away the crucial point which is that if you drive such car that does not have MOT even with your insurance it is illegal and the same goes for road tax mind you there are some exceptions
and hardly will you be able to have a car that has road tax without a valid MOT and insurace since it is a standard requirement for you to have these two criteria ( insurance and MOT) before they can issue you a road tax.
Remember insurance is now applicable to both the driver and the car so even if you are insured but driving a car that is not insured the car can be taken off you and away to the car pound to be crushed!!!
Better be safe than sorry
Lefthanddrivespecialist
From our experiences of buying cars in EU/Japan /USA and driving it back to the UK (that is the EU cars) UK seems to be less strict in how they enforce the rules as long as you can show that the car has a valid MOT from the country it was issued (not insurance this time since your Uk insurance would have allowed you to drive it elsewhere in UK ) Buying a car in germany and some other countries will still require you to buy export insurance in those countries even though you have existing UK insurance until you register the car here and if it is in your name you have to get a separate insurance
The whole thing is so complicated it is unreal
We have actually experinced in a magistrate court where the whole issue reached deadlock nobody knew which was which!!
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