Changes made to brake imbalance calculation
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The brake imbalance calculation on MOT Computerisation will be amended from 15 December 2013. It will then be calculated using the maximum service brake efforts, unless lowest effort locks the wheel.
The brake imbalance calculation on MOT Computerisation will be amended from 15 December 2013. It will then be calculated using the maximum service brake efforts, unless lowest effort locks the wheel.
A Highways Agency survey has found that almost half of motorists in England don’t even carry out the most basic of checks on their vehicle before winter sets in. The Highways Agency have produced a poster for you to promote these services to your customers.
With a high proportion of class 7 vehicles failing their MOT test year on year, it's pretty obvious that things have to change. The MOT industry can help out by advising customers to download the ‘Your van - best practice guide’ from GOV.UK.
Last year we told you about some changes proposed by the Department for Transport to improve the experience of garage customers. One of the changes was to look at better ways of sharing data to help customers choose an MOT …
On 23 June 2013 changes to the brake performance test procedures and standards were introduced. The changes are not complicated, but it is important that they are well understood. The minimum brake efficiency requirement for ‘M1’ vehicles first used on …
The recent round of VTS council meetings mainly talked about MOT Modernisation. This relates to MOT computerisation 2015 and beyond, discussing items that could benefit the scheme in the future. A range of topics were debated including equipment, logging on process, training, …
VOSA often conduct independent surveys of MOT garages to get feedback from every type of MOT garage on how well the current MOT service is operating. The last survey interviewed 500 garages with a sample that represented AEs and testers …
As most of you may know, the new testing directive went live on 20th March following the special notice 1-2013. From this, VOSA received a lot of positive coverage in the press including the Daily Mail on line, The Sunday …
VOSA Training Services are extremely busy this year as there is a peak in the NT Refresher training – with around 22,000 testers to be trained. We advise you to book early otherwise you may be unable to get on a …
The new test items introduced with the implementation of EU Directive 2010/48/EU are now testable and can be selected as a reason for failure from 20 March 2013. The directive originally planned for 01 January 2012 was put on hold …