Scrap MOT tests?

[Greeves246]

I know it's the Dail Mail but is it feasible?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5988627/Drivers-wasting-250m-year-rip-MOT-checks.html

Greeves246

 

[rtcosic]

Been here before. There was a consultation on extending to 2 years and the introduction of the 40 year exemption.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

For some owners the mot test is the only time there car sees a garage.

 

[julianf]

The report said just 2 per cent of accidents in the UK were caused by mechanical failures

The above seems to be said as a reason to scrap the test???

I would suggest it to be an endorsement of the success of the test!

But like you say, the when has the mail let fact get in the way of sensationalism?

 

[8ob]

For many owners the mot test is the only time there car sees a garage.

Fixed that for you

We do need saving from ourselves. I was parked outside the chippy filling my face a while back watching a taxi ( private hire) do a uturn, he got halfway across the road when his front wheel complete with strut parted company with the car. You get plenty of warning with suspension parts clattering about before incidents like this occur but people still leave things until the test is due before they will repair anything. To abolish or extend this interval would be a disaster.

Bob

 

[steveo3002]

i dunno , yes its the only time many cars see the garage , but in the right circumstances they can still roar up the road with almost bald tyres and worn out brakes etc

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Lived on Jersey for 9 years.
No MOT over there. ok max speed is 40mph but police set up roadside checks regularly and the amount of vehices found with bald tires, failing brakes and dangerous running gear was shocking.
The mot serves its purpose and i for one like having my vehicle checked over yearly.
Ive been using the same garage for 5 years. there fair and reasonable and far too busy to be creating extra work by doing unnecessary repairs.

 

[steveo3002]

soon as the dark nights come around , how many cars limping about with one dip beam etc? no coppers about to do anything as long as you sail past the "saftey camera " at 30 mph

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

soon as the dark nights come around , how many cars limping about with one dip beam etc? no coppers about to do anything as long as you sail past the "saftey camera " at 30 mph

Not helped by how difficult manufacturers make changing bulbs these days either.
Always make a point of giving guilty parties a good dose of main beam.

If I notice a light out on the way to work its replaced before thw drive home.

 

[RonA]

I think the MOT is a good idea. I’m old enough to remember seeing cars being driven with huge holes in the floor below drivers seat & worse.
Whats wrong is the system. If a car can be run from new for 3 years without MOT, why does the interval suddenly become every year, thersfter. 2 years between MOT’s would be a better system.
The scheme was set up to be at no cost to the government but the hapless general puplic are paying dearly for the priveledge.
Making garages MOT centres was like putting highwayman in charge of stagecoach security. Before all the moans and groans I know there are some honest garage owners out there but profit must always be suspected as the driving force.
The MOT centres should have bern seperate from garages (as they are in some continental countries) to put any suspicion of vested interests at bay.
RonA

 

[steveo3002]

yeah same here , how awefull must it be having half the amount of light

just need some decent coppers about ...same as the mobile phone ban , when ive been stood on the side of the road waiting for a lift , damn near half the drivers are yapping away on the phone and dont give a monkeys , i can see it so would the police , but until they can invent a camera that sends out auto fines then nothing will happen

 

[pedrobedro]

Always make a point of giving guilty parties a good dose of main beam.

What point does this serve, does it make them realise the error of their ways ? I carry a couple of spare bulbs for sidelights and indicators but not headlamps. My car only sees a garage at MOT time but if anything goes wrong in between I fix it, two broken front springs this year, new discs and pads last year picked up by me not at MOT.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

What point does this serve, does it make them realise the error of their ways ? I carry a couple of spare bulbs for sidelights and indicators but not headlamps. My car only sees a garage at MOT time but if anything goes wrong in between I fix it, two broken front springs this year, new discs and pads last year picked up by me not at MOT.

Dunno about you but id get pretty fed up if every car I passed gave me a flash of mains and change my bulbs.

 

[Gareth0123]

every year I try to MOT a lump of scrape...……………… and it scrapes through with just a minor advisory as a rule!

 

[chris y]

Been here before. There was a consultation on extending to 2 years and the introduction of the 40 year exemption.

The 40 year exemption has happened.

If your car is 40 years old and not substantially changed within the last 30 years (I think that is the term but not sure) you can claim exemption.


If the rule makers are silly enough to introduce 40 year exemption who knows what other nuttiness could happen.

I don't think it will be scrapped though, its a huge industry and surely anyone can see that the lack of dangerous vehicles involved in accidents is partly because lazy / stupid / tight people have no choice but to have them repaired once a year.

 

[Kent]

Not helped by how difficult manufacturers make changing bulbs these days either.
Always make a point of giving guilty parties a good dose of main beam.

If I notice a light out on the way to work its replaced before thw drive home.

Well done tackle one offence by commiting another.

 

[Kent]

To be fair some people need protecting from themselves and other need protecting from them.
One should view an mot failure of thier vehicle as thier own failure.. Yes it happened to me a few weeks ago failed on a dodgy wiper blade (in my defence I haven't had my wipers on this summer till last week ) .

 

[130]

My cars never see the garage except for MOT and tyre fitting.

However, some of the "professional" paid for garage work that has happened before I bought them is shocking.

 

[Kayos]

I’ve paid for 2 jobs other than mots in 18 years of driving

Not having an mot won’t affect me as I make sure my car is spot on

 

[Happy_welder22]

Keep MOTs, scrap the Daily Mail would be my suggestion :-).

Some people check their cars many don’t and personally I very much like the idea qualified professioals check my and everybody else’s car on a regular basis.

The fact mechanical fails are rare says to me it’s working. All cars wear brakes and tyres so have a second opinion once a year is a great idea to me.