An MOT is something that is legally required if you own and drive a car that is older than three years old. You need to have an MOT done by a professional like this MOT Gloucester based company www.123carandcommercial.com/gloucester-mots/ who will check all over your car to ensure that it is safe and roadworthy. Not having an MOT can get you a fine, and in addition to this if the car is also dangerous you may also get points added to your licence.
When you take your car to have its MOT test, the garages that are doing the test will then update the database that stores the records of all the cars in the UK to record the results of the MOT. This includes any defects that your car has, whether they are major or minor defects, and when you need to have your MOT done by the following year.
This means that it is easy for the police (or in fact anyone who has the number plate of your car) to quickly check the status of your MOT and some police cars have systems on them like number plate recognition that will automatically flag your car up as being driven without an MOT.
The only time that you are able to drive a car which doesn’t have an MOT certificate, is if you are taking the car directly to the garage to get your test done and you can prove this.
