Stay on the Right Side of the Tracks with Your Car
Posted by admin at 3 May 2017, at 12 : 29 PM
The law and cars are twined. They are intrinsically associated. They always have been, and always will be, linked heavily to one another. This is for a number of reasons. One reason is that so much of today’s criminality is car-based. Another reason is that cars make for accident hotspots, which means a lot of legal cover is needed to protect drivers and pedestrians. It is because of this that if you are a car owner, you should always have the law and legal matters at the forefront of your mind.
And you should have the law at the forefront of your mind even before your car touches the road. In fact, you should have the law in mind even before you purchase the car. You should go into a car deal knowing the exact legal ramifications of the purchase. Different deals induce different ramifications, and it’s imperative that you know exactly what you’re getting yourself into with the deal. Once you’ve signed the necessary documents and the car is yours, for better or worse the ramifications of, say, a car accident are stuck with you. The ramifications are set in stone regardless of whether or not you claim you did not know of them before the deal was finalised. Those that you buy your car off may even withhold information from you — either inadvertently or intentionally — so it is imperative that you seek everything that needs to be sought to keep you on the right side of the law.
You also need to ensure that the vehicle you seek to purchase is street legal. When questioning whether a car is street legal a number of things need to be taken into consideration. Something that is sometimes overlooked in this case is if the car is legal on the streets you generally wish to drive it on. Different areas induce different demands and have different rules in place. Rules that, if broken, can result in you losing your new car even before you’ve clocked up 10 miles on it. Before you buy a vehicle, you should question whether it can operate without any restriction. This can be discovered by checking if there are any rules in place in the area in which you live. For instance, some places have stricter rules on emissions than others which could mean that your vehicle can be driven in one place but not in another.
More importantly, still, you need to ensure that the vehicle is roadworthy before you drive it off the dealer’s courtyard. If it is not safe to drive, it can put you and others in serious danger. Because of this, you should have a trusted mechanic take a look at the vehicle for you, and you should do thorough checks on the validity of the MOT.
Driving a vehicle that is unfit for the roads can also get you a one way ticket to having to write off your car and send it straight to the junkyard. And even if this is the case, there is still a need for you to do things by the book. You need to have the car taken by a professional body, instead of dumping it yourself. So, even down to the last dealings you have with the car, everything needs to be kept on the right side of the tracks.
There is a necessity to stay on the right side of the law with everything that you do in regards to any vehicle that you involve yourself with. You have to be legal from the time you pick it up from the dealership right up until the sad circumstance of seeing it being towed away from your home. There is no room, or excuse, not to keep your life as a driver one that is seen as okay in the eyes of the law.