Essential documents
Your car's MOT certificate has run out. When may you legally drive it?
- For up to seven days after the certificate expires
- To a pre-booked MOT test appointmentCorrect
- Anywhere, as long as the car is roadworthy
- To and from any garage at any time
Why?
A car needs its first MOT test when it is three years old, and after that it must have a valid MOT every year. Driving without a valid MOT is against the law. The main exception is that you may drive to a test you have already booked, or to a garage for repairs. The MOT is one of the documents listed in Annex 3 of The Highway Code.
Highway Code rule Annex 3