10,000 drivers issued penalties for car faults

Defective tyres, brake issues and steering glitches among most-commonly caught faults

10,000 drivers issued penalties for car faults
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Some 10,000 drivers have been issued penalties for driving with vehicle faults such as defective tyres, brake issues and steering glitches, DVSA figures show.

More than 31,900 drivers have been caught with detective tyres over the past four years, while 4,600 were caught with with poor brakes.

In 2020 alone, a total of 846 drivers were caught driving with poor brakes, with 85 prosecutions for driving with defective steering.

Tyre faults were down slightly on 2019’s bumper 9,330 but were up on the previous two years.

The figures mean a total of 9,783 drivers were caught out last year by travelling with simple but possibly deadly car faults.

Just 5,147 were caught with bad tyres in 2017 before 8,592 were caught the following year.

However, brake issues were down from the 1,604 projections in 2018 and 1,103 registered in 2019.

Steering problems were also down from 131 prosecutions in 2019 as less people use the roads.

Duncan McClure Fisher, founder and CEO of MotorEasy said: “These figures highlight the concerning number of people who are neglecting basic checks to ensure their car is fit for the road.

“As well as being extremely dangerous, drivers who get behind the wheel of a car with faulty tyres, brakes and steering can be slapped with three or more penalty points and a £2,500 fine.”

Research from road safety charity TyreSafe has shown one in five drivers never check their tyres when on the road.

Meanwhile, experts suggest there are around 10 million illegal tyres on UK roads meaning one in every four vehicles will be affected.

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    Some 10,000 drivers have been issued penalties for driving with vehicle faults such as defective tyres, brake issues and steering glitches, DVSA figur
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    Brian Baldwin
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    No surprise here.Many drivers have over looked or ignored their service dates and leave repairs until M O T Test is due,that’s if they bother to renew MO T at all.
    Come on DVSA if DVLA can monitor unpaid road tax it is reasonable to question why DVSA are unable to operate in a similar vain
    This always leaves Testing Stations with the difficulty of explaining why their customers vehicle require repairs costing considerable more than if the vehicle service schedule had been carried out at the correct time.

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    David
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    I wonder, is some of this because of a six months extension on mot tests, and if not, what then will be the real cost there?

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    Gary mewse
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    Problem is modern cars will start up and run, 40 years ago they would eventually breakdown or non start through lack of servicing. As per the other comments people are neglecting their services and repairs and a recent survey on here showed that the majority don’t even know how to open their bonnets.

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    Meat-Head
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    I write this again!

    Are we talking bent and seized steering racks or just odd number plate bulb out?

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