[Closed] MOT. Do I need that little drake light in the middle...

Whether its disconnected or just not working, its a fail.

Also not sure of the rules if you fully remove it.

it doesn't work and you failed. if you disconnect it it won't work either. my deduction is, you'll fail again. i could be right though.

[b]MOT. Do I need that little drake light in the middle[/b]

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A drake?

I think you'll duck under the rules without it.

LOL! I can just imagine a little duck in the back window that lights up when he brakes!

Quack!

he's going as quack as he can.....

So this light then, has it quacked up?

I reckon that could end up in a steep bill

<gets coat>

neils-on-wheels shows the car who's boss;

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Duck surprise anyone?

ask your friendly MOT tester to have a gander first?

Just re-read the post. Oh ffs.! Fat thumbs and a small touch screen keypad.

Think that if it exists, it has to work. Consider running a fresh wire up from another brake light so that it works for the MOT test?

My MOT tester said if I told him that I had disconnected it he would pass it. If I knew the bulb/leds had failed he wouldn't.

Duck surprise

Duck a l'orange, wasn't it?

(been a while)

I too was told that if it was there, it had to be working.

Fadda and Molgrips are right.

But if you haven't got one at all. It's not a fail. I guess it's thought that if you have one there the driver following you may be paying more attention to that than the other brake lights.

if its there it has to work
I was pulled over at traffic lights and given a friendly warning by a friendly policeman once because my bike rack was obscuring mine - its one of those high racks delibrately so it doesnt obscure the main lights!

Yep its a brake light and needs to work to pass MOT

No mention of Drakes watching match of the day? IGMC...

PMSL @ Mr Nutt 😀

If it's not connected, then they can't fail it, but you really need to show that it is disconnected. What car is it?

From the testers manual -

Additional stop lamps
Any additional stop lamps fitted and connected must be tested. Where extra lamps are fitted and there is doubt as to whether they are connected, the benefit of this doubt should be given to the presenter

High level stop lamps
These are lamps usually fitted in the rear window or boot spoiler of a vehicle and may consist of a number of light sources .
At least 50% of the light sources must illuminate

However, a high level brake light is classed as an additional light with regards to the MOT. Plod and insurance can still do you for it not working though.

<french juan to the forum! french juan to the forum!>

Why, you ask?

Because you canard-ly expect him to miss out on a pun this bad.

back on topic, can you cover it up with a highly original sticker of some sort. Then it's an interior light only, surely?