is it illegal to....?

Martron

I was just wondering....

i have always wanted to drive something with no doors on it. a friend of mine has a jeep that the door needs replacing and was wondering is it illegal to drive with no door?

he was goin to take it off and i thought in the mean time i could take it for a spin

rotinaj

I would assume that no door would make the car unroadworthy. Not too sure tho.

Martron

like the old jeep wranglers you could remove the doors fairly handy .

i wonder what constitutes as a door.

Senna

Martron wrote: »

i have always wanted to drive something with no doors on it.

Is it just me or is that a strange "want"?

rotinaj

Martron wrote: »

i have always wanted to drive something with no doors on it.

Motorbike not do ya?

Martron

ah it might be strange but thought it would be cool.

but are doors a legal requirement?

Martron

d3mon24 wrote: »

Motorbike not do ya?

scared out of my skin in motorbikes.

SV

Martron wrote: »

scared out of my skin in motorbikes.

Try a quad

here.from.day.1

Martron wrote: »

scared out of my skin in motorbikes.

But not falling out of a jeep??

Martron

here.from.day.1 wrote: »

But not falling out of a jeep??

i was removing the doors not the seatbelts


Does nobody else think that would be a bit of craic or am i on my own?

L1011

You're on your own.

The vehicle would not be roadworthy so it would not be legal on public roads.

Martron

MYOB wrote: »

You're on your own.

The vehicle would not be roadworthy so it would not be legal on public roads.

is there some place i can look this up. because the dumpers we use in work have no doors but are road worty

Hagar

Are doors covered in the vehicles NCT?
If so I don't think you can drive it without them.

Martron

i cant find anything on the internet about what is required for a road worthy vehicle.

take for example a caterham 7 they dont technially have doors so does that make them not road worthy

kindalen

drove a few wranglers without doors,its actually a bit weird...but i have to agree with martron when i say it was good craic.going down interstate with no roof or doors.kept the windscreen up though,not a huge fan of flys in teeth look.

Victor

So, if something gets caught in the slip stream and enters the car and hits someone?

While you can use this argument with an argument against motorbikes, the slipstream of a motorbike is known, the slipstream of "most of a jeep" is not.

I also suspect that handling may be off at speed.

Johnny Utah

This was discussed before- Under the Road Traffic Act, a car has to be fitted with doors which can be securely closed.

galwaytt

Johnny Utah wrote: »

This was discussed before- Under the Road Traffic Act, a car has to be fitted with doors which can be securely closed.

please show where - as mentioned, the likes of Caterhams/Lotus' etc don't have them, so you're saying these are not legal ? Don't think so.......

Wishbone Ash

Martron wrote: »

the dumpers we use in work have no doors but are road worty

There's a big difference between a vehicle which was designed without doors ( eg cabless tractors, road rollers, forklift trucks etc.)and removing the doors from one which is supposed to have them.

Run_to_da_hills

BMW C1 sidecar outfit.