Hey, could you really do with some advice. My truck has missed its PMI last week and the company has VOR’ed it. It’s booked in with the garage tomorrow and they want me to drive it there. Everything I’ve read online says it’s illegal to take on the road and it should be recovered. Zenith have said it’s okay to drive straight there as it’s only missed the PMI and doesn’t have any faults (how can they be sure). Am I right or can I drive it? Can anyone point me to any official site (I.e .gov/vosa) that I can show them.
Far as I’m aware if you have a car with no MOT but are taking it for on you can legally drive it there. if get stopped and can prove it’s booked on there’s nothing they can do.
And I’d imagine same for you long as trucks not loaded you’ve done your checks and your going straight there can’t see a problem.
Plus doubt vosa/DVLA have anpr cameras that will show it missed it’s 6 week check. They only pick up if have no tax MOT
It’s a PMI - preventative maintenance inspection. It’s not an MOT, it’s not like your car service. It’s a PMI. Things don’t suddenly go wrong just because it’s a few days over. Did you drive it until,it was VOR? If so you’ll know what condition it was in
It’s not an offence to drive a veh beyond PMI date
If the company regularly missed the inspection date I imagine the DVSA would have something to say to your TM and it could potentially impact the companies operators licence, but as long as there are no obvious faults that would make the vehicle illegal to be driven they certainly would not have anything to say to you.
You can still drive the vehicle, the missed inspection date is your companies problem not yours
Good old planners , a well paying but tight timed load is more important than making sure the truck stays legal then bites them in the rear when transport manager takes it off the road because it’s missed a PMI or service
then bites them in the rear when transport manager takes it off the road because it’s missed a PMI or service