Reply To: BREAKING: MOT due dates to be extended by six months

[Ian]

It was apparent early on that the industry would be split along two lines: those whom rightly decided to protect their staff and those who just as validly recognised the risk but understood that without some garages very soon vital staff fighting Covid 19 could and would loose mobility. The demand generated from NHS staff alone was never going to result in garages staying open. We needed another valid “essential” revenue stream to generate the compensating volume to allow us to function without government funds. We chose the later and we are one of the last garages operating in our area, 2 miles south of a major trauma hospital. Today we have fixed the car of nurse and two care workers have had their cars MOTed, one required a dangerous coil spring replacing. We have seen demand decimated because of this decision, we close on Tuesday and will seek business support instead. Sorry NHS staff, the DVSA killed your last operating garages off.

HGV operators are being cautioned to increase the frequency of their statutory inspections (in essence an MOT conducted in the private sector (sound familiar?)) to every four weeks to ensure road safety. This precaution is being taken on vehicles that are also checked every day by the operator.

If any person in the UK looses their lives due to failings coming from this decision on extended certificates, Grant Shapps MP and the Minister for Transport and Colin Madodck Head of corporate responsibility at the DVSA should face corporate man slaughter charges. simple: actions have consequences!