An MOT tester in Kent who passed more than 60 cars’ MOTs without any inspection has been sentenced to 12 months in prison, Kent Online had reported. H [See the full post at: Prison for tester after passing MOTs without inspection]
Good to see that these rogue testers are been dealt with more than a slap on the wrist though .
But there is fault on the garage also in not removing him on the day he left their employment.
If the had removed him then he would not have had the means to carry out what he did.
This is half the story.
Come on give us the full story including the outcome on the garage, donot think they got away with out a full investigation by dvsa
I was a mot tester in the uk before I moved to Spain, I have lived in Spain for two years and know of at least 6 uk registered cars in my local area that acquire fraudulent mot passes every year without even leaving Spain, I believe the going rate is about £300 each. It’s only a small village sized urbanisation, one of the cars hasn’t had a real mot test now for 4 years that I know of, something must be put in place to try and fix this.
A court will let of a vicious person with a community service order ,who has smacked someone’s head in because they were drunk and in a bad mood.But a kind and generous , helpful mechanic in dirty overalls , hardly one of your well dressed learned friends,SEND him to prison.thats what you’ve got prison for,isnt it.
Great outcome for a blatant crook how dare he potentially put a car on the road that is probably dangerous let’s face it the mots he issued obviously went to drivers that only wanted the cheapest way out & almost certainly don’t look after their vehicles
Mmmnn…
Peter Fearnley (above) talks about putting a vehicle on the road without a test.
That is exactly what the DVSA are doing with the 6 month (Coronavirus) extension isn’t it?
@ Hooters, You’re spot on there! I think they have shot themselves in the foot with that. They have devalued the importance of the need for an annual test. Very disappointing for us testers who see some owners day in day out that don’t give a dam about the condition of their vehicle!
Dvsa should stop vehicles going elsewhere if the vehicle fails it should only be issued v20 when the original garage inspects it as for tests of site record the test with body camera
Good point but if a person has a car that fails on
Say horn only (astra h or pug 307) say and it’s mega bucks
To fix, next bloke happy to put push button on it, no reason
Why can’t go for test elsewhere
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