Reply To: BREAKING: Fierce opposition as shock report calls on ministers to scrap the MOT test

[Chris]

Hi I am a class 4 mot tester, I used to work for a large dealership and because the vehicles averaged only 7 years my failure rate was only 30% and then most probably only fail on 1 or 2 items. I now work for a smaller garage, the cars average 10 years and I can’t believe how unsafe some of them are. My average fail rate is now 50% and some cars failing with lists of dangerous faults. I don’t believe it’s easy to get a bent mot. If a fault is missed on the mot and is reported even 3 weeks after the test, the mot tester will be responsible, long live the mot it takes dangerous cars off the road