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Gareth DaviesI would like to see a return to compulsory training carried out by DVSA for testers and authorised examiners.
There have been many changes to testing and all training has been by outside agencies. If standards are dropping then there must be an argument for better and more frequent training given by those responsible for changes in testing methods and criteria i.e. DVSA.
I also agree with the need to have consistency with the price of the test. Heavily discounting the max price of an mot must reduce the quality of the test carried out, as garages try to recoup the extra revenue by unnecessary failures or poor advise to customers, or garages paying lower wages to testers due to the lack of revenue from low price mots. Undervaluing this test will result in poorer standards giving rise to increased levels of enforcement being necessary.