0 (of a vehicle) in good enough condition to be driven without danger --
1 (of vehicles) in good condition for driving --
It is becoming more and more essential in modern conditions for a car to be roadworthy.
The regulations already provide that heavy goods vehicles shall, at all times, be in a roadworthy condition.
It is certainly not a general guarantee that the car is in all degrees roadworthy and satisfactory—or, indeed, a good bargain.
It should be made known that the certificate does not necessarily mean that the vehicle is roadworthy some months after the issue of a certificate.
If it is not roadworthy, surely it is not in good general condition.
Many written off vehicles are properly restored to a roadworthy condition each year and so legislation in this area would be unwarranted.
Very often he cannot afford—nor has he the skill to do it himself—to maintain his lorry in a roadworthy condition.
But at least it shows every year that a vehicle is roadworthy.
