Is it legal to drive without a front bumper and head lights in the daytime?
Eyeball asked:
My car was in a front end collision and i need to take it to a body shop to see about repairs. The car has tax and MOT and i can insure it just for the day. I can also put the number plate in the front wind screen. However, i have removed the front bumper, headlights and indicators. Is it still legal to drive?
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My car was in a front end collision and i need to take it to a body shop to see about repairs. The car has tax and MOT and i can insure it just for the day. I can also put the number plate in the front wind screen. However, i have removed the front bumper, headlights and indicators. Is it still legal to drive?
March 22nd, 2010 at 4:34 am
Strictly no, its not legal.
Without bumper if there are sharp edges thats one offence.
Number plate is easy to get around but no front indicators means the rear ones wont work properly either.
Now if you were to tow it round to the body shop, you may get away with it or better still on a trailer. oldhombre
March 22nd, 2010 at 9:05 pm
i would say NO! why don’t you ring the police station and ask.can you noy get someone to tow you that is legal. peter p
March 23rd, 2010 at 7:23 pm
If you think about safety your car have to be on tow to get to the repairs. It is not safe to drive without indicators even in the daytime. You decide what you will do (ask in garage: they may be able to organise delivery of your car to the garage). i had trouble with my radiator and I had 10 minutes to get to the garage. I did drive there and I belief it is worse than bumper Everona97
March 26th, 2010 at 4:35 am
No it is not legal..a good repairer/Body-shop will collect the car for you if it’s in no fit state to drive. If they will not collect your car find another garage that will.
All the best : ) olivepuggy
March 26th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
are things that bad it England that u are afraid to just drive to the body shop? here in America most just do it and if pulled over say im goin to body shop…follow me if u want…..the cop will say go on… Pedro S
March 26th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
No it wont be legal to drive it.Either get it towed there or get the garage to pick it up. lou
March 28th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DMV OFFICE, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY AND ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU WILL BE GETTING THE CORRECT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. UCANTCME
March 30th, 2010 at 3:56 am
On an MOT the tester will be looking to see if the car has any sharp edges that can catch a pedestrian. Without the front bumper there is a potential for the bumper mountings to catch pedestrians. jason c
March 30th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
it is illegal for the owner of the car to do this. Really, it is frowned on for body shops to do this. But sometimes, the car has to be transported and the car is still in pieces. I worked in a body shop and had to drive a ‘06 mercedes 50 miles to a dealer. Like i said, you shouldn’t do it, but sometimes you got to do what you need to do. fierofreak179
April 3rd, 2010 at 7:49 am
Well, you know it very well, it is illegal. When a car is not road-worthy and you drive, it is you are breaking law. Honestly, tell me how can you take a risk to drive a car without bumpers, no headlights, no indicator lights, no number plate and yet coming to us to for an answer. Amazing,what do you think we are, or you just wanted to wind us up otherwise? Alf
April 4th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
no tugboat