The Independent Garage Association (IGA) is calling on its members to sign the automotive industry’s petition to stop the government’s proposed changes to MOT frequency.
If every IGA member gathered 25 signatures, the petition would reach the required amount to be considered for debate in Parliament, the trade body says.
In a statement, the IGA said: “As your trade association we have successfully fought against 4-1-1 proposals on several occasions, however this time the consultation period is only six weeks long and contains additional complex topics relating to the future of the MOT system, which must all be carefully considered due to their potential impacts on road safety.
“The proposed changes will also mean fewer vehicles to MOT over the coming years, which in turn will affect the amount of associated servicing and repair work normally carried out along with the MOT.
“We are in the process of reviewing and responding to the consultation document, but we need you and your customers to play your part by sending a clear message to the government that any extension to the MOT is dangerous, expensive, damaging and unnecessary.”
The UK government will respond to the petition at 10,000 signatures, but the IGA is aiming to reach 100,000 signatures so it will be considered for debate in parliament.
While the petition is open for six months, the new MOT consultation period ends on 1 March 2023.
Ronnie
There are approx 68 500 testers employed by over 23 000 test stations the petition s there is 2 takes less than 25 minutes of your time to complete I’ve already done this and at this moment in time less than 3000 people have been bothered to complete it which is Shocking
D Barber
Save the public money and create lots of redundancies within the motor trade GENIUS!!!
refail garage
it would be very dangerous to the public if they change the mot system.
Dave Garratt
Take a look at the number of vehicles that fail with a dangerous defect:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1126600/dvsa-mot-01-mot-test-results-by-class-of-vehicle1.csv/preview
REAL WORLD
Dangerous to say the least – but there is probably someone behind a desk carrying out the risk assessment & has giving the stupid idea a thumbs up – typical governmental idiots – no nothing of the real world
Ronnie
I doubt they factored that in clearly 2187 deaths from faulty car’s is an acceptable number