I would doubt insurance would be valid if no lights etc.Hi,
My understanding is that it is VERY difficult for Insurers to avoid paying THIRD PARTY claims, provided the driver HOLDS, (or usually HAS HELD) a valid driving licence, and is not disqualified. See the exact wording on the CERTIFICATE. (the certificate is the legal requirement, the policy is their contract with you). However, Google
ROAD TRAFFIC ACTS Para 143 (f my memory is correct) where it states that the Insurers can sue the Policyholder, in certain circumstances., to recover their losses. I suggest that it is worth reading Para.143, anyway.
I read a few years ago, that an Appeal Court ruled that DISQUALIFIED meant by a Court of Law. Being Medically Debarred from holding a licence, by DVLC was NOT disqualification.
Older readers may remember, in Days of Yore, it was not unusual to see brand new truck chassis being driven from the factory to the coach builder, with a "skeleton" cab. I'm sure I have seen something about that in the RTA ... or was it C&U regulations? Maybe Google will know, if you ask the right question.
When I was building my house, I ordered 32 roof trusses, each 32ft wide, by 12ft high ... and that was only up to ceiling height ... the pointy bit was to be added later. The trusses were stacked flat on the truck, so 12ft wide. The police escort asked the driver if he could hold 70mph?
OT ... the trusses weight 300lbs each. The manufacturer said they were the biggest they had ever supplied. I managed to find a couple of professional "riggers" willing to hoist the trusses 20ft up the front of my "shell", using ropes. They smiled when I said I would pay them £30 per truss. It was probably the quickest £1,000 they had ever earned ... and probably the hardest. I paid a neighbour's son only £100, in total, to lift each truss to vertical, leaning against each other. I managed to position the trusses, with diagonal braces, myself, and let my bus driver friend add the finishing touches. I suspect the Factories Inspector would have cringed. The attic space was virtually the same floor area as my entire present bungalow.
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PS, and back on topic ... The regulations seem to accept that "unlegal" vehicles may/will be driven to an MOT, and return while still unlegal. Would the vehicle in question fall into the "
may not be driven away" catergory? I believe similar easements apply to a vehicle being driven to (and from?) a
pre-arranged weighing at a public weigh-bridge.