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Dangerous Defects

Do not drive until repaired ‘Dangerous Defects’ is not something you want to see on an MOT failure notification. If your car fails on an MOT item which is in the “Dangerous” category what should you do? If you are advised that the vehicle is dangerous to drive you should not therefore drive that vehicle on…

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Huge ‘Dangerous Defects’ Increase

Even though ‘Failure Rates’ have reduced. In late September, The ‘Sun’ newspaper reported on findings from collected data from ‘prestigemotor-warehouse.co.uk’. The data they’d collected on failure rates was from 50 Testing Stations. It indicated that petrol vehicles’ fail rates increased by 12% and diesel vehicles’ by 24% since the changes since May. The data was…

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Electric Goods Vehicle

New Laws Concerning Electric VehicleElectric Goods Vehicles An Electric Goods Vehicle now needs an MOT. From  Saturday 1 September 2018, electric vans will no longer be exempt from the MOT if they: have a gross weight not exceeding 3,500kg were first registered on or after 1 March 2015 Consequently these vehicles will need their first…

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Scrap the MOT

“Scrap the MOT” ….Spend the money on improving drivers skills says the Adam Smith Institute. ‘Scrap the MOT’ was the message sent out by the Adam Smith Institute. They are a right wing think-tank and published this ‘Scrap the MOT’ report in national newspapers in late July. The Institute suggested that such a move would…

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