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MOT expiry is being extended provided your car is in roadworthy state
Fine , there are things you can check yourself
But what about the things the ordinary Joe can't , which would be picked up on an MOT test ?
Fine , there are things you can check yourself
But what about the things the ordinary Joe can't , which would be picked up on an MOT test ?
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In the UK private cars are required to be MOT’d at 3 years old and every year thereafter.
Most European countries require private cars to be MOT’d at 4 years old and every other year thereafter – so I don’t think there would be any issue if the UK government extended that to one year.
I did read sometime ago about an authority (in think somewhere in the USA) had abandoned requirements for vehicles to undergo any periodic safety inspection. They found as a result that there was no increase in vehicle accidents caused by un-roadworthy vehicles and concluded that the public were being fleeced by the legal requirement for these annual tests (there being no benefit to the tests).
Most European countries require private cars to be MOT’d at 4 years old and every other year thereafter – so I don’t think there would be any issue if the UK government extended that to one year.
I did read sometime ago about an authority (in think somewhere in the USA) had abandoned requirements for vehicles to undergo any periodic safety inspection. They found as a result that there was no increase in vehicle accidents caused by un-roadworthy vehicles and concluded that the public were being fleeced by the legal requirement for these annual tests (there being no benefit to the tests).
hymie; "I did read sometime ago about an authority (in think somewhere in the USA) had abandoned requirements for vehicles to undergo any periodic safety inspection. They found as a result that there was no increase in vehicle accidents caused by un-roadworthy vehicles and concluded that the public were being fleeced by the legal requirement for these annual tests (there being no benefit to the tests). " - in the short term, perhaps but over time we'd soon return to the dangerous heaps as junk on the roads that precipitated the need for an MOT in the first place.
//So how do you make sure that your car is roadworthy each day you drive it ?//
If you don't know when your vehicle is roadworthy or more importantly unroadworthy then frankly you should not be on the road anyway. If you think that it is not roadworthy then don't take it out on the open road. It is called taking responsibility for your own behaviour and possible effect on the rest of us.
If you don't know when your vehicle is roadworthy or more importantly unroadworthy then frankly you should not be on the road anyway. If you think that it is not roadworthy then don't take it out on the open road. It is called taking responsibility for your own behaviour and possible effect on the rest of us.
Before I drive my wee lorry, at the start of every shift, I have to go through a set routine checking for faults.
Checks include lights, indicators, horn, wipers and washers, brake function, tyres, wheel nut indicators, mirrors, loose stuff and on and on.
This has to be noted, faults reported, action noted and all recorded on my tacho card so that when VOSA as was pull me over for a roadside check I can demonstrate (in theory) that I took the time to go through the procedure.
None of the above threw up the impending catastrophic failure of a propshaft bearing and a couple of other biggies but it helps keep things straight and saves drama with fines and penalty points.
You can only do your best.
Checks include lights, indicators, horn, wipers and washers, brake function, tyres, wheel nut indicators, mirrors, loose stuff and on and on.
This has to be noted, faults reported, action noted and all recorded on my tacho card so that when VOSA as was pull me over for a roadside check I can demonstrate (in theory) that I took the time to go through the procedure.
None of the above threw up the impending catastrophic failure of a propshaft bearing and a couple of other biggies but it helps keep things straight and saves drama with fines and penalty points.
You can only do your best.
No Baz your op was never designed to ask a genuine question. It was designed to allow you to flex your contentious and awkward gland. You could drive a brand new vehicle off the production line or a vehicle straight out of the MOT centre and have a major failure of a component. That is a given regardless of the bit of paper that you somehow feel makes you roadworthy. The responsibility always has been with the driver. You are trying to suggest that it doesn't. After being rumbled you are now doing this...
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