Must a car have a reverse gear?

[chriss2.0]

we had to replace the microswitch in the gearbox for it to pass, i see what you mean, i will try and find it on the mot list,but i think it only applys to safety and mechanical equipment in the car, so no dont need to worry about radio as i believe these are optional extras

 

[chriss2.0]

another interesting thing, the car apparently would also fail if they cant reverse it onto the ramp

 

[chriss2.0]

ok i looked it up, i was wrong, apparently its all factory fitted lights must work as intended,
(me thinks that my inspector was being pedantic)

but i did find that must be able to drive in and out under its own power so it should still fail

 

[on the road]

Thanks for that really helpful contribution - so don't worry folks, just stick with third party policies and there's no need to keep our cars roadworthy .

If you don't keep a car roadworthy then it would eventually fail its MOT test.

 

[Tanis8472]

ok i looked it up, i was wrong, apparently its all factory fitted lights must work as intended,
(me thinks that my inspector was being pedantic)

but i did find that must be able to drive in and out under its own power so it should still fail

A technicality
It would be a refusal to test, hence a fail