Changes made to brake imbalance calculation
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.
News and updates
Help your customers prepare their vehicles for winter
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.
Help van customers to save money by being compliant
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.
Sharing data on MOT test results and garages
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 …
Changes made to brake performance test
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 …
VTS councils talk about MOT Modernisation
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, …
How did we do?
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 …
New testing directive - Read all about it!
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 …
It’s a matter of training
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 …
New test items now live
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 …