MOTs, Servicing and Hab Checks

so .... what about all the posts here discussing where they all want to tour to .... and most are well within the age group of need a jab!

Which part of the following law do you not understand?

Leaving home

You must not leave, or be outside of your home except where necessary. You may leave the home to:

shop for basic necessities, for you or a vulnerable person
go to work, or provide voluntary or charitable services, if you cannot reasonably do so from home

exercise with your household (or support bubble) or one other person (in which case you should stay 2m apart). Exercise should be limited to once per day, and you should not travel outside your local area.
meet your support bubble or childcare bubble where necessary, but only if you are legally permitted to form one

seek medical assistance or avoid injury, illness or risk of harm (including domestic abuse)

attend education or childcare - for those eligible

If you do leave home for a permitted reason, you should always stay in your local area - unless it is necessary to go further, for example to go to work.

Staying in your local area means stay in the village, town, or part of the city where you live.

If you are clinically extremely vulnerable you are advised to only go out for medical appointments, exercise or if it is essential. We recommend that you do not attend work

I assume they are planning for a time when they are allowed to travel.

I don’t see anywhere where it says essential vehicle maintenance is not allowed. I have a vehicle with a euro 6 engine and DPF, going 3 miles to the supermarket all the time does not do it any good. So every couple of weeks I take it for a round trip of about 20 miles on the motorways where I live to stop the filter clogging and having a costly repair. I pass lots of police cars and have never yet been stopped. I don’t know if you have yet noticed but the roads especially where I live are as busy as ever.

It only says what you can do.  Everything else that is not essential must not be done.  It's that simple, but perhaps not simple enough.  

you carry on thinking that ... 

Then if that is the case car garages that don’t do MOT’s should be closed because if it is the way you see it a car should not go to the garage for maintenance. Also if you take a car for MOT and it fails do leave it there because it will need a repair which is maintenance so it can’t be repaired.

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 ..  I don’t know if you have yet noticed but the roads especially where I live are as busy as ever.

Exactly. During Lockdown 1 I saw next to no traffic going to & from work but now, there's loads of it.

I'm not saying that's right .... but there is next to no difference in 'normal' traffic & now

Motorhomes and to a lesser extent camper vans are more vulnerable to being stopped than tow cars as they are more obviously "leisure" vehicles. My MH hasn't been off the drive since I can't remember when. Due to difficulties getting both done at the same time, I'm off for an MOT later this month, which I feel I can justify if stopped. The hab check part is being done in early April which is still slightly later than the warranty anniversary but hopefully things may be a bit relaxed by then. Both journeys are only about five miles.