Tom
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Post by Tom on Aug 12, 2005 20:57:16 GMT
There are rumours that vehicles first MOTs are going to be at their 4th birthday, and every TWO years after that. In a scheme to reduce motoring costs, the MOT computerisation system will provide data to back up the possible proposal. Vehicles are proving more reliable & require less servicing than 40years ago when the MOT was introduced. The 4-2-2 vehicle testing system is the required standard set by the EU. The current UK test exceeds this specification. This wouldn't only affect MOT stations losing business, or going bust. This is a serious road safety issue. Extracted from MoT Testing issue 46. To subscribe, visit: www.motester.co.uk/
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NT
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Post by NT on Aug 12, 2005 21:04:43 GMT
My personnel opinion is that this is a bad idea, A lot of vehicles only see a garage at mot time and have quiet dangerous defects and extending it to two years would make most vehicles on the road a hazard to other road users.
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motman
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Post by motman on Aug 15, 2005 10:56:55 GMT
The cynic in me wonders if this proposal is due to the fact that the computerisation has been a disaster and the server can't cope with the volume of vehicles being tested , testing every two years will half the amount of vehicles requiring a test and will stop both VOSA and Siemens ending up with egg on their face.
Steve
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NT
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Post by NT on Aug 15, 2005 19:47:52 GMT
Just a thought but don't Siemens get a £1.00 every time we have an mot pass, so surely they will not want mot's to be every 2 years as they would lose money:-/
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Post by baz657 on Aug 19, 2005 16:34:25 GMT
It may cause more paperwork, time, etc but I will always make the point of issuing a VT30 even if it was for a stop light, side light or whatever that has been replaced.
This can only increase the national failure rate which will help our case in keeping the current 3-1-1 system.
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Steven
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Post by Steven on Aug 19, 2005 16:49:14 GMT
It may cause more paperwork, time, etc but I will always make the point of issuing a VT30 even if it was for a stop light, side light or whatever that has been replaced. This can only increase the national failure rate which will help our case in keeping the current 3-1-1 system. That's what I do, too. If the fault was present when brought in for testing, it should be noted on a VT30, whether or not a pass certificate was issued after a quick repair.
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