by ADRIAN » Mon May 21, 2018 3:04 pm
It seems there is some some confusion when there is actually nothing to worry about.
As from Sunday the 20th - ALL pre-1978 cars became MOT exempt, it all happened automatically.
So if you are seen by the cops or ANPR cameras, it is automatically flagged up as the car that they see is MOT exempt, - it will not flag up as your current MOT runs to June or will run out whenever date. All that has not happened, is that you have not yet declared the car with the DVLA as not being seriously unmodified in order to qualify to keep that MOT exemption. This is a legal declaration, you simply make a tick in the box which is regarded as an electronic signature. This is done when the car is next taxed, so everyone has a year in which to make that unmodified declaration. But the car is already MOT exempt. If you feel unsure about it or dont trust the system about driving the car, - maybe its because you are worried that the cops might make a mistake? - you can simply to go to DVLA online now and declare the car as SORN. Give it a while, go back say next day, or the following week and go back online to the DVLA again, with your V5C document to hand, and re-tax it, and the unmodified declaration tick box is then done at this time and the car is confirmed as MOT exempt. (which it already is anyway!) and you then have piece of mind. You can have the historic tax confirmation sent to you via email, but there is no email confirmation about it being MOT exempt......because it already is !!! .
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