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1. DVSA MOT fraud crackdown leads to mass bans for testers and garages

   ... Standards Agency (DVSA) are clamping down on fraudulent MOT stations and testers after 2,057 fraud reports were lodged in the last ... clampdown on dodgy testers has led to 156 garages and 335 MOT testers having their names struck off the testing register. The DVSA ...

   Simon Hancocks - 28/04/2021 - 09:27

2. Top ten ways to fail your MoT

   ... Bikes are more likely to pass their MOT tests than any other type of vehicle on the road. Basically we’re all ... figures from the DVSA show that just 17.7% of bikes fail the MOT, and nearly half of them are fixed and passed within an hour of that ...

   David Miller - 09/09/2019 - 03:05 - 0 comments

3. Top 10 reasons for failing your MoT

   ... there’s always that nagging concern that the stony-faced MoT man will find something – usually something expensive – to fail you on. ... at the test station. The current cost of a motorcycle MoT in 2013 is £29.65 and all motorcycles over 3 years old have to have an ...

   Ben Cope - 23/09/2019 - 00:52 - 0 comments

4. Mandatory MOT tests to be reintroduced

   ... drivers and riders were granted a six-month exemption from MOT testing to try and help halt the spread of the virus.   the MOT test is to resume from 1st August  The first step is to reintroduce ...

   Simon Hancocks - 29/06/2020 - 17:59 - 11 comments

5. No more MOTs for 40-year-old bikes

   ... revealed that vehicles over 40 years old will be exempt from MOT tests from May next year. It’s a huge step from the current position, ... of annual testing. It also means that the exemption from MOT testing will coincide with the exemption from VED, presumably streamlining ...

   Visordown - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 5 comments

6. MOT pass rates for motorcycles are on the rise, DVSA figures show

   ... This also means that only 14.8% of people failed their MOT on the first attempt. Of all the failures half of them were due to one ... There has been a drop in failed MOT results since the 2021-2022 annual figures. A total of 962,802 powered two ...

   Luke Newman - 04/12/2022 - 16:04 - 0 comments

7. UK government opens public consultation on potential MOT changes

   ... In general, the government is looking to update MOT regulations to, in its view, keep MOTs up-to-date with a changing ... website discussing the consultation says: “Since the MOT was introduced in 1960 – and especially in recent years – there have ...

   Alex Whitworth - 23/01/2023 - 16:11 - 0 comments

8. Free MOT reminder service goes live

   ... always been your own responsibility to remember when your MOT is set to expire. But with all MOT records now held on computer and checkable online, it was only ever going ...

   Visordown - 23/09/2019 - 09:35 - 1 comment

9. Three-year first MOT to stay

   ... including the unusual move to exempt old knackers from the MOT test the Government has decided that extending the period of grace before a vehicle’s first MOT to four years would be a bad move. The decision comes following a ...

   Visordown - 23/09/2019 - 09:35 - 0 comments

10. How to prepare for the MOT test

    ... old, then you’ll be subjected to the annual ordeal of the MOT test. It’s always a pretty worrying time of year, but it needn’t be if ... Step 1 Step 1 The most common MOT failures are always the most obvious ones. Start the engine and check that ...

    James Whitham - 09/09/2019 - 03:05 - 0 comments

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