The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
General Category => Totally Off-Topic Discussions, Rants, Tire & Oil Threads, Etc. => Topic started by: Lucky_Lou on August 27, 2014, 11:53:51 AM
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Drivers of cars built 30 years ago or more could soon be excused the hassle of having to arrange an annual MOT test, under proposals put forward by the Department for Transport (DfT).
Currently, only cars registered before 1960 are exempt from the annual safety inspection, but a new EU directive means this privilege could be extended to any vehicle over 30, provided it hasn't been substantially altered or modified.
I hope so but I would still want a professional annual check over
Lou
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I've heard about the European directive and it applies to vehicles so that presumably includes bikes. Member states have until April 2018 to decide how to implement the directive and the UK is known to be against the idea even though statistically classic vehicles are 3 times less likely to fail MOT's than modern cars. The same goes for the likelihood of being involved in an accident. I won't hold my breath.
The MOT may be a good safety concept in principal but like most modern things it gets more complicated and bureaucratic as the years go by so it long since ceased to be a basic inexpensive safety check. A bike safety check can be can be done in under 10mins and that's the actual real work content of an MOT test. I chat to the MOT tester for the extra 20 mins it takes for the computer system to time out so they can print the certificate. I don't know how much work there is in the car MOT because they won't let you watch but I very much doubt it's the full hour you are paying them for.
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And an excuse to relieve the punter of some cash for much needed 'repairs' otherwise the vehicle won't pass...