How we’re tackling MOT fraud
How we’re tackling MOT fraud
The MOT test sits at the heart of DVSA's mission to keep Britain's roads safer for everyone.
Diesel particulate filter check now required as part of MOT test
Tests for diesel cars and heavy vehicles are to be tightened up to ensure vehicles have a critical exhaust filter if one had originally been fitted as standard, Roads Minister Robert Goodwill has announced. Garages and testing stations will check …
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.
Video: How to carry out a brake performance test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFpGwZMoIuYA number of changes have been made in 2013 to the brake performance test. Here we have provided a detailed video and a supporting set of instructions on how to correctly carry out the brake performance test.
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.
Video series: MOT site assessments
The MOT site assessment is one of the MOT scheme tools to make sure that the vehicles on our roads are safe. This series of videos covers all the areas that a garage needs to know about the MOT site assessment.
A day in the life of a Vehicle Examiner
Martin Garlick has been a Vehicle Examiner (VE) in the Manchester area for 11 years. He served his time performing truck and bus maintenance and repair, has driven both types of vehicle professionally and fitted tachographs and speed limiters before …
Your questions answered: November 2013
Q - High level flashing brake lights are apparently now being fitted to some vehicles as standard fitment. The Bugatti Veyron is one example, and new Mercedes and Audi models will also include this feature soon. Kits are also available …
What is MOT Modernisation?
You may have seen this term used a lot recently and we understand that some of you may be unaware of what it actually is. MOT Modernisation is a project that looks at how we can modernise and develop the MOT scheme to help improve the quality of testing.
How is your garage’s site assessment scored?
At some point your garage will receive a site assessment from a VOSA Vehicle Examiner to assess how your garage complies with MOT scheme requirements. To help you with your site assessments, VOSA have published the ‘MOT Guide to Risk Assessment’ and ‘Site Assessment Risk Scoring Guide’.
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.