Halloween horror stories 2: dawn of the defects
...“in all my years in the trade I have never seen tyres as bad on a car.” The vehicle must have been driven for several months with the tyres in...
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Promoting vehicle safety checks to your customers who need to drive
...helped you to encourage motorists to come in early and ‘Beat the Rush’. We now want to help you promote your other safety checks to motorists, like a health check...
Stretched tyres – an MOT failure?
...covered. The regulations say that “a tyre should not be used on a road if it’s not maintained in such condition as to be fit for the use to which...
Creating national standards for MOT managers and testers
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Annual training and assessment, Qualifying as a tester
...sector skills council for the automotive industry to develop new nationally recognised qualifications for both MOT testers and managers. The new MOT testers’ qualification covers standards and procedures including safe...
Giving the right advice
...have their own policy in place for advisories. As pointed out in the MOT Inspection Manual, it’s considered best practice to advise the presenter about: any items which are near...
Know your entrances and exits
We're receiving a number of queries about the test requirements for passenger entrances and exits on Class 5 vehicles, particularly in respect of emergency exits. It appears that some testers...
How do I test a binding brake?
Back in August 2014, we limited the options for ‘item not tested’ on MOT comp to include only the mandatory measured items, eg brake performance, headlamp aim and emissions. Since...
New testing directive - Read all about it!
...have been letting customers know about the new items at the MOT test for more than a year to make sure they are ready for the changes.” VOSA’s Head of...
Your questions answered: June 2013
...requirement (except maybe some imports). Therefore, a vehicle should only fail for a steering lock missing if it is clear that the immobiliser isn't working. Otherwise, the vehicle can be...
VTS councils talk about MOT Modernisation
...us to move forward and shape the I.T. equipment needs for the future. We have captured all the ideas and the project team will consider and where possible incorporate them....