Should I be checking my vehicle is taxed and MOT’d before I drive it? Obviously tax discs are on their way out now… is this my responsibility?
I’m doing agency van work at the moment with driver hire.
Thanks
Luke
They should be taxed, its part of the O-license for the operator. That said I’ve never come across a wagon that isn’t. Not sure how you would go about it, did everyone just rip their discs out when it wasn’t needed?
still got mine in the car, even though its exempt.
what kind of reception do you get if you go in asking to see the T&T and insurance papers of every job they give you. but if theres a problem when you get stopped you gonna get punished.
If they couldnt produce them there and then you go home with no wage.
TROTSKY3:
what kind of reception do you get if you go in asking to see the T&T and insurance papers of every job they give you. but if theres a problem when you get stopped you gonna get punished.
If they couldnt produce them there and then you go home with no wage.
Not quite, if you have attended your shift only to be told you are not needed then you still get 8 hours pay. Thats what happened when I arrived at a job only be told that it had been canned.
will keep that in mind, shall i ever be in a position like that.
As a rule of thumb, the driver is responsible for what he can see and reasonably check. The example I use is a vehicle with brake pads worn right down. The truck may well still stop in a straight line apparently perfectly well. If stopped with this vehicle with defective brakes, the driver is in the clear. But, the same vehicle with excessive wear on one side will pull across the road under braking. Now the driver is liable as he knows that it isn’t right.
The same has always applied to insurance and MOT; cant check it and it’s not the driver’s responsibility. Tax used to be checkable but isn’t any longer. So there cant be a problem if the vehicle turns out not to be taxed.
The driver is responsible for the trailer MOT as that can, and should, be checked before use. There is an expiry date on a disc attached to the trailer. Looks a bit like a road tax disc.
So the moral is to carry out all the checks you should and don’t worry about stuff you cant see or check.
Pete 