A widely shared Facebook post contains a screenshot showing that a police car’s MOT certificate is “overdue”.
This is an accurate reflection of what you’ll see, at the time of writing, if you search for the car’s registration number on the government’s MOT checking service.
It does not mean that the car is in breach of the rules, however, because police vehicles are exempt from MOT.
The screenshot contains a note saying “This vehicle may be MOT exempt” with a link to MOT exemption guidance. This guidance gives a list of exempt vehicle categories, which includes a “vehicle provided for police purposes and maintained in an approved workshop”.
We have written about similar posts twice before.
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