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I heard on the radio that pissy pants prescott is trying to put through that MOT's are to be every two years. What does everyone think?

Personally i don't like the idea as it means more deterioration for many vehicles to the state where many are unsafe. Also at least every year it'll mostly be little things that are wrong and you can keep on top of them, whereas in two years something big could go wrong that a person can't afford to repair...

yh i think bad idea, as you get num nuts who just dont take any care of they're motors and they become unsafe to other users, like us

As a cabbie i have to have 4 MOT's a year

2 Standard MOT's by a testing station and 2 Hackney MOT's (called the Pink Slip).

Each MOT is £50 and each Pink slip is another £35 each.

So in just one year what you will spend on MOT's (£35/45) I have to spend £170, and thats without any repairs or anything.

Wish I could have one every 2 years, would save me a fortune.

But, I do agree on one point, cars (and bikes) would end up falling apart

They have this system in cyprus.

speedy(delboy) wrote:
But, I do agree on one point, cars (and bikes) would end up falling apart

im gonna need to buy a new bike every 2 years. i buy my bikes falling appart already. bugger

It would be a very bad idea.
Every day just going to and from work I see at least one car with a light out.
When out walking the dog I always see cars with under-inflated or worn tyres.

Checking them every 2 years would just make things worse.

They should be retesting the drivers every 2 years, not the cars.

very bad idea there are enough old beater cars and bikes around that plainly shouldnt be out on public roads as it is....

I dont understand the logic behind it.

Very, Very bad idea.

Well at least it will save money for the goverment so all the MPs can buy themselfs laptops and nice cars.

im gonna need to buy a new bike every 2 years. i buy my bikes falling appart already. bugger

This will save you buying another bike every year .

What about the stuff that only just gets through it's MOT. If left for 2 years any advisories would make the vehical unsafe by the next test. And like Funky said, at least if you have them yearly you can keep on top of it. MOT's are for safety so surely a yearly test is a good thing. The radio said it was to keep in line with Europe and someone texted in saying why can't they keep in line with us. They had a point, I mean we are talking about the numpties who wanted straight cucumbers I think we should tell Europe to F off, we were doing alright by ourselves. Sorry I'm drowning on so am gonna shut up now.

I gotta agree with you all, having seen some of the heaps being driven around in rural france (they have 2 or 3 year mot,s) at times it makes me shudder to think what would happen if they were involved in and accident, saw a load of scrappers/pieces waiting to be loaded on a ship at Roscoff once you would not beleive the state of some of the brake discs/pads on them most had no meat left on the pads and grooves in the discs where thay had been running on metal, also alll trucks have to undergo tests from year one,
maybe company cars that cover high mileages should be tested from year one, one good thing is i suppose most are on contracts with maintenance included so they do get cared for
merv

wont happen, possibly introducing the MOT at 2 years as opposed to 3, but no way will they let people go 24 months at a time without retesting.

zuki wrote:wont happen, possibly introducing the MOT at 2 years as opposed to 3, but no way will they let people go 24 months at a time without retesting.

yes that makes more sense - I think we are barking up the wrong tree and your right there probably just talking about reducing the length of time until a vehicle needs its first MOT.

It's a very bad Idea !

I use to do MOT's on cars and it would be the only reason that the cars would see a garage.

Some of the junk that we used to fail mot each year was unbeliveable !


Every two years would just end up with there being alot of UNSAFE cars on the road.


Age

Has '2 Jags' ever sat through an MOT? Maybe he thinks they're a waste of time as his brand new Jags have never had the privilage of a grease-monkey* sifting through rusty bolts and squeeky suspension.






*No offence. Without them we'd have MOT's every 2 years - BAD IDEA!