Mot Extension?

[goodgoalie]

It has been reported tonight that one of the topics up for government discussion at the moment is the possible extension of the need for an MoT from every year to every 2 years. I have all fingers and toes crossed for my ancient jalopy!

[sandra4444]

Funny how when you buy an old banger the garage selling it always manage to supply a valid MOT :) My be that area should be looked at in keeping *** off the road.

[jourdain2]

My sister & Bro-in-Law run a small garage (he ran the paint-shop, but after a heart attack is training an apprentice). My nephew is the qualified, registered, MOT signer. It costs quite a lot and quite some time to qualify. There are 4 other local staff (Calderdale). They have a loyal, local pool of customers who rely on them and their honesty and fairness. (They'll tell someone if a bulb is out and give them a chance to fix it etc..) Many elderly people.
She has told me before now that if the MOT moves to 2 years - they will go out of business. Simple as that. It is the baseline from which they can keep going. So that would mean a lot of taxes gone, a lot of unhappiness and quite a few people out of work.

[ToraToraTora]

yes good point jourdain no one seems to be thinking of the businesses that will suffer if this goes ahead.

[RandyMarsh]

Lenders will increase rates on car finance if the last mot was over 12 months old, either that or would tighten criteria against what they would lend against.

[ToraToraTora]

yes randy, another effect that no one has considered.

[Redhelen72]

Is the MOT actually worth the paper its written on?
For example
My vitara had a major electrical outage whilst sitting waiting to go into the MOT centre - I rang the helpline advised them of this and their response was get someone to push you in so that you can fail then you only have to pay £18 instead of the full £31 - by some hand of God she started and I cruised through the MOT as if nothing was wrong with it.

[ToraToraTora]

Redhelen, the MOT is a series of checks, that's all, it cannot guarantee that faults won't develop after the checks are done and it ignores things that are not on the list. Clearly the issue your car was having was not one of the things on the list of checks. The MOT was introduced in 1960 to get death traps off the road, if you want to return to those days scrap MOTs.

[youngmafbog]

Why do some people have to come up with a bizarre tale to try and prove a point (and fail miserably in doing so)?

Nothing in life is perfect, dont they get this?

[Hopkirk]

TTT if you think the police are stopping and fining people for having a tail light out you don't inhabit the same world as me.
Around my way they take no action if people park on zig zag lines by pedestrian crossings - a crime that merits 3 points on the licence.

[ToraToraTora]

Hoppy: "TTT if you think the police are stopping and fining people for having a tail light out you don't inhabit the same world as me." - don't think that, where have I said that? They are hardly ever stopping anyone for anything but when they do stop someone they'll deal with the offences being committed. Why do people thing that the presence of a law means that plod must actively go out looking for transgressors of it? All they do is prosecute the ones they find in the normal day to day operations they do. People get fines for defective lights every day. That does not mean that plod went out hunting them purely for that offence does it?

[Redhelen72]

//Why do some people have to come up with a bizarre tale to try and prove a point (and fail miserably in doing so)?//

Not a bizarre tale at all - a differing opinion to you - that's still allowed isn't it?

[Hymie]

Redhelen72 wrote // Over 2 years since my last MOT and still several months till I can get one.
The police will still pull you over if they feel your car is not road worthy//

I take it from that, that you have also not taxed the vehicle, since applying for the tax requires a valid MOT (with more than 2 weeks remaining).

[Redhelen72]

You are incorrect Hymie, my vehicle is fully taxed - in NI there have been issues with MOT's and therefore when I finally get my vehicle MOT'd it will be 2 years 8 months from the last MOT.

[youngmafbog]

//Not a bizarre tale at all - a differing opinion to you //

Not really an opinion though is it?

You had a one-off happening and put it up as an argument against the millions of others that are fine.

[Paul22118]

Prediction......Road pricing in some form will be with us within twelve months.