As an MOT testing service user, you’ll get a brand new security card later this year to replace the current PIN system. This card will make the MOT service more secure by making sure only you can sign into your account.
How the card works
The card will work just like online banking security. Every time you press the button on the front of the card you’ll get a unique 6-digit personalised identification number (PIN).
You’ll need to enter your user ID and password and then this number each time you log in to the MOT testing service.
Trialling the cards
Over the last month we’ve been trialling the new card with some vehicle testing stations (VTSs). So far feedback has been positive, one tester said: “it’s good, easy to use, an improvement”.
Another said: “the cards are better than using the current PIN as there is no number to remember and it seems more secure”.
Next steps
Following the success of this initial trial we’ll continue to test the cards with more VTSs over the summer. Testing them like this will make sure that we can keep making improvements to how you use the card before everyone gets one.
Look out for more details about this card over the next few months.
308 comments
Comment by S.Mason posted on
Is it really neccesary, the system now in place works. THERE IS NO NEED FOR THIS CHANGE.
Comment by simon posted on
Please leave alone, it works simple as that.
Comment by Richard spregg posted on
Why fix something that isn't broke .
I can see this failing or crashing and we won't be able to log on for a test.
Please leave it as it is
Comment by Brett posted on
just when the system had finally settled down!
Comment by David posted on
Now everyone who has the card has the pin as well how does this make it more secure you don't forget you bank pin or ask for it to be changed every few weeks.
Comment by Keith Jones posted on
HSBC I need to input security number to generate entry code number ok till card fails, mine did and had to apply to hsbc for replacement no internet banking for 5 days bad idea keep it simple with security number.cheers keith
Comment by Andy posted on
Likely to get damaged or lost, who thought this one up? No doubt the company who will be supplying the cards & stands to profit from the gullibility of whoever authorised it & their contemporaries.
Comment by Ian bray posted on
I find current way perfectly fine it's another thing to lose or break
Comment by G.smith posted on
Just another thing that won't work correctly. Yet another problem to sort out when you've got a customer weighting . Please leave it alone .
Comment by John posted on
Waste of money.
Comment by Muhammad Rupon posted on
Following my last comment
ITS BEST TO KEEP AS IT, just need to make secure that tester can only start testing car when they are in station.
Comment by Muhammad Rupon posted on
I think it will be better pin required only when car register for testing and after entering the reaults, otherthan just for log into account. More importantly tester can log in from anywhere there are tracking system in place even tester can test a car from any IP address. This card should be give to AE only and AE's can provide the card when needed and Each card should be only work on one station.
Comment by Roy posted on
What a waste of tax payer's money system is fine as it is
Comment by Sam posted on
Waste indeed and another additional security issue keeping the card safe and in working order how much more security will we need.
Comment by P hoyle posted on
Yet more thing to deal with even before we have sorted training maters out
Comment by Geoff posted on
it was nice not to have to worry about looking after your card and never leaving it anywhere apart from in your pocket,
Comment by Sam posted on
This is a mot test not masive bank its safe enough just messing to much let us do aur jobs and stop changing things
Comment by Pete posted on
This is getting over complicated.
As has been said, the system works
Comment by Andy posted on
What a cracking idea, why keep a simple secure pin that works when you can complicate it with another bit of technology that will go faulty, will get lost or will get broken?
Comment by Paul Bottomley posted on
From an AE point of view , about time.
But I have to admit that other points of view are valid. If the card is lost or stolen then it is less secure than before . I suggest dvsa Improve this item with a pin entry to gain the code. The same as banks do .
Comment by Neil posted on
Just get used to one system and then changed again.
Comment by Paul Bottomley posted on
From an AEnglish point of view , about time. Assuming it's like similar ideas that banks have and you still need a pin to get a code, then how can it be anything but a progression forward .
Comment by Peter posted on
I'm all for improving security and technology but just wondering how much more pressure it will place some already over stressed testers when it breaks.
Comment by Kenny posted on
System is good the way it is u can't fix it if it isn't broken
Comment by Jon s posted on
The present arrangement works. These cards will get broken, as did the old cards. I cannot understand why they have to meddle with a perfectly satisfactory pin number system.
Comment by Raj posted on
Please dont over complicate things and make unecesssary updates! This will be a right pain!
Comment by William Thornton posted on
If it aint broke don't mend it.
The system works???
Comment by Keith posted on
Yet another wast of time and money something to get lost or broken when in my opinion the stability of the systerm should be the priority
Comment by Kenny posted on
So what happens when we loose or break the card?? Seems to me you're over complicating the job. No one has hacked my mot password or used my system , what a waste of money!!
Comment by Peter posted on
Agree pin system is working ok why do we need to go backwards and starting using cards again that will undoubtedly get lost forgotten to bring in and of course have off days when they won't work
Comment by Mark posted on
I think it is seccure enough this new card is brakable is ok for bank purpases but garage traid its not why fix something that isnot broken
Comment by Kevin posted on
How the hell can this be more secure, only I know my pin number but any monkey can press this and generate a code especially as it even says 'PRESS' on the corner.
Comment by yento posted on
I have to agree with the comment Kevin made about the card instructing the user to 'Press' to generate a PIN, and as with everyone else who has commented, How is this new system more secure. What I do not understand is HOW the system will work. How is the card linked to a specific user? Maybe the card is time-linked so that when a user logs in using his ID and password, the computer expects to accept a specific PIN - which presumably the card will generate. How else can a random computer (random, because we can log in from any computer) accept the random generation of a PIN. How is the card linked to the user in this scenario?A DVSA comment informed us that it would prevent users from entering details into another tester's live system. _ How is this different, for example, from being asked to enter our existing PIN again? How will the system know that another tester is on another's live system? My little brain cannot understand. ... I is puzzled!
Comment by p. hayward posted on
if it isn't broken....then don't fix it
Comment by john posted on
A flaw in the old sytem allowed testers to inadvertantly enter test results on to another testers live page . The current system prevents this by requesting a pin no at end of results entry.
The new random pin number generated number is another ill devised hurdle that will fail and prevent testing at some point but if introduced needs to be used at the completion of test result entry Not at initial log on.
Comment by Mark b posted on
Maybe you can give youselfs another award and pat on the back don't fix what ain't broke
Comment by Riad posted on
Not as good as American Express card though...
Comment by Andy posted on
What an utter waste of time! Leave things alone that work perfectly well !Waste of funds.
If an NT can't remember a simple six digit pin (or log it in his/her phone as a bogus number), why is he/she testing?
If they can't remember that ;how the hell do they remember the MOT criteria ?
Comment by FRANK BRUEN posted on
Im SURE THE POWERS THAT BE WILL BE TESTING THIS NEW CARD GOOD AND PROPPER. THIS NEW CARD , IF ITs TRIED TESTED IN THE TESTERS ENVIEROMENT, AND IT SURVIVES,THEN THIS COULD BE A GOOD THING. YOUR CARD SHOULD NOT BE JUST LYING ABOUT THE GARAGE OR OFFICE, IT SHOULD BE ON YOUR PERSON, IN YOUR POCKET OR AROUND YOUR NECK IN A LITTLE HOLDER AND IF IT THE STRAP IS LONG ENOUGH YOU COULD PUT THE CARD AND HOLDER BIT IN THE TOP POCKET OF YOUR OVERHAULS OR JACKET, FOR A BIT OF PROTECTION.
Comment by Jeremy posted on
Sorry have to agree with the above comments, the system is working fine as it is. No week link as with over complicated smart cards that will fail..
Comment by Ian posted on
Noooooo
Something else to break or go wrong, my pin number is in my head, the only way to lose that is lose my head. I also use a card for my bank and to be honest it's ok but I don't trust it. For my mobile app the bank has done away with the card. In all I don't think this would be the right way to go. Anything digital can be hacked, it would probably take my 15yr old 5 mins to hack it but it will take him a lifetime to get in to my head.
Comment by Robert falkirk posted on
When is this going to stop, you's just keep adding it on!
Comment by dave posted on
Brain overload. Just when you get use to something when time is money, it changes. Why? System works, seems like they create there own jobs and a wage to suite. Get them to test a vehicle during a sit and wait test, see what it's really like to use the system under load with out wearing a white coat.
Comment by Hank posted on
What a complete waste of time ,how many of us had enough problems with broken smart cards ,I suppose we will be issued with a spare one of these to to keep in the safe !!
Comment by Martin posted on
Really??? What a complete waste of time, trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist?
Much better idea to solve some problems we do have!
Comment by Nige posted on
Omg why? The system is working at last,don't mend something that's not broken
Comment by David Endean posted on
So why was the original card scrapped only to be replaced by another?
Comment by Andy posted on
I totally agree seems like someone is trying to justify thier job .If we need cards why not just reintroduced the old smart cards .Obviously the team that introduce this stuff has never worked in real life busy garages or autocentres
Comment by phil wilde posted on
I highlighted the lack of security in September 2015 and was told these cards were being issued in October!
Bring back photo id smart cards.
Come back Siemens,all is forgiven!?
Vehicle safety on a budget!
Comment by Peter posted on
Agree with all the above points, currently only "I" know my pin but now there's a card that's will show anyone a pin!!! Backwards step, someone justifiing their own job!!! I love the current system all we have to do is turn up at work I don't have to remember a smart card, ensure its safe and secure and keep a spare secure as well. System's not broke so don't fix it.....only the government would complicate a simple system
Comment by Paul posted on
Here we go again!!!! Finally everything is working and now this! Too complicated! Why does the number need to change every time I carry out a test? As others have said, bank card PIN numbers? When did you last change yours? What will happen when you lean on the card and break it? Call the help desk and sit on hold for twenty minutes I suppose? Ridiculous!
Comment by Barry posted on
Complete waste of time and money, absolutely no need for it
Comment by Dave posted on
You would think we were dealing with countries security ,not just giving a receipt for an mot,far too complicated ,it's not the special branch or the Bank of England,please please just let us get on with our job of testing cars and dealing with customers,the card will be filthy within a fortnight
Comment by Steven posted on
OMG another pathetic idea, I agree with the above comments!! People who are developing this system should spend a day in a working garage/mot station. Card would not improve a thing! Training for people that have been testing for over ten years without a fault is also a joke. IT people justifying the sat on a chair job!!
I think all garage owners should form a union and address this madness.
????
Comment by martin sykes posted on
will this be another card that doesnt like being washed or in a technitions pocket,getting damaged all the time cos youll have to keep it on your person.i thought we had moved on from that.does that mean well have to have a spare or master card just to be awkward again.
Comment by Andy posted on
i guess it's more secure as someone looking over a shoulder could work out the testers pin so this will be less generic but still someone can look and get pin pad number
So what happens to pin pad when not in use ?
So if it's like online banking ....You surely still have to remember a pin to input on pin pad to retrieve a number for testing ? Still doesn't stop someone doing an mot from their driveway so how can it be more secure !
Comment by Steve Flunt posted on
What's wrong with system that works fine and what happens when the new card doesn't work more problems .
Comment by Dave Motterham posted on
Totally agree a waste of time and money. When it breaks after a good day or weeks use who's paying for a replacement. No body knows my login or pin so why change it.
Comment by A HORN posted on
to me its another waste of time and money, your password only last's for a short time and has to be changed regularly , just another waste of time step in the process , and in certain garages you are governed by time!
Comment by Mac posted on
is there a cost for a replacement card? I have one like this from my bank, and I am now on the 4th one as it keeps failing
Comment by Mark posted on
The whole system is so poor , can't believe you're still using it