Isles of Scilly closed to recreational yachts

[penberth3]

Two thirds of my cars don't have or need MOTs.

Is that the front two-thirds or the back two-thirds?

 

[Scillypete]

So what has happened have there been any cases on the Isles of Scilly?

No recorded cases at this time, the worry is we’ll be hit once restrictions are lifted and end up locked down again all summer

 

[Scillypete]

I realize you're joking!
I thought the Isles of Scilly were part of the UK (unlike the Isle of Man and the Channel Isles), and hence subject to the same legislation about tax, MOT etc. as the rest of us. Tax and MOT are very efficiently policed by the DVLA in my neck of the woods I suppose there's less chance of being caught by ANPR cameras.

No MOT here , still taxed even though there are only 9 miles of road. No speed limit signs either so in theory National speed limit exists ie 60mph. I have managed 50 on a couple of stretches but it’s not recommended. Police examiners come over annually to check commercials and invite random private vehicles in for an inspection and some do get prohibition notices and taken off the road.
going from driving here to mainland driving is not that bad we have all of Cornwall and Devon to get through before anything gets complicated and by then we’re back in the swing of things. It is fun to watch the madness of some mainland idiots as they charge by without any clue how to use indicators or even any kind of lane discipline.

 

[FlyingGoose]

Two thirds of my cars don't have or need MOTs.

Had an old VW type 2 for 15 years did not need one either , but I always got one every year so that I knew she was a safe wee girl

 

[JumbleDuck]

Had an old VW type 2 for 15 years did not need one either , but I always got one every year so that I knew she was a safe wee girl

It's getting increasingly hard to find MOT testers who know how to test old cars. It's all supposed to be in the system, but they often don't bother to look. I gave up on one place near here when they failed my DS for "completely inoperative parking brake", which puzzled me because it had worked fine on the way there. Then a little lightbulb went on above my head. "Which wheels did you test? " I asked. "The back ones, of course" he replied.

 

[david_bagshaw]

I realize you're joking!
I thought the Isles of Scilly were part of the UK (unlike the Isle of Man and the Channel Isles), and hence subject to the same legislation about tax, MOT etc. as the rest of us. Tax and MOT are very efficiently policed by the DVLA in my neck of the woods I suppose there's less chance of being caught by ANPR cameras.

wasnt joking, as others have confirmed.