Your car's APK (MOT) expired three weeks ago. Your brother borrows the car and is stopped with it on the N50 near Zwolle. Who is liable for the expired APK?
- Only you, because the car is registered in your name
- Only your brother, because he was driving the car
- ✓ Both of you: you as owner, he as the driver
Correct answer: Both of you: you as owner, he as the driver
Explanation
False — you forget the owner. The owner or keeper remains liable for a valid APK, even when someone else drives the car; the driver is liable as well. (VekaBest p.205 (Hoofdstuk 13 §13.1 Voertuigeisen — Verlichting); VekaBest p.191 (Hoofdstuk 11 §11.3, cross-chapter cite voor mistachterlicht))
Why learners get this wrong
- Wrong: you think only the registered keeper is responsible. As soon as someone drives the car on the road, the driver is liable for an expired APK as well as the owner or keeper.
- Wrong: you forget the owner. The owner or keeper remains liable for a valid APK, even when someone else drives the car; the driver is liable as well.
Topic: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)
Read the rule: Core: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)
Sections
- Challenge: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)
- The model: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)
- Core: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)
- Why it matters: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)
- Active recall: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)
- Teach back: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)
- Memory hook: Required lighting and the MOT (APK)