ClickMechanic, an online marketplace for car repair, have analysed the latest figures from the Department for Transport and can reveal that although faulty brakes are the number one vehicle defect to contribute to 2016’s road accidents, when looking just at cars, flawed tyres are the most common defect to cause an accident. With a total of 446 incidents, flawed tyres…
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UK Car MOT Inspection Manual (Classes 3, 4, 5 and 7) MOT Inspection Manual for Private Passenger and Light Commercial Vehicle Testing Crown Copyright, sourced from DVSA February 2018 For motorists the MOT Inspection Manual is the key document. This is the ‘Bible’, MOT Testers are told, in their training which must be followed to the letter when inspecting vehicles…
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UK Motorcycle MOT Testing Guide (Classes 1 and 2) (Motorcycle Testing) Crown Copyright, sourced from DVSA February 2017 As can be seen from the comparison of the Manuals the MOT examination for motorcycles is considerably more basic than that for cars and light commercial vehicles. This means that the time taken for a motorcycle test is much less than that…
Read MoreThe MOT for Car drivers If you’re looking for information about the UK MOT Test, and a complete list of MOT checks, you’ll find it in here. A selection of links is provided below, but there’s too much to list all of the content – explore the whole website by hovering on the tabs at the top of the page…
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As Testers know, Special Notice 3 0 2013 took effect on 26th June this year. It mandated a new way of measuring and recording brake imbalance by using either ‘lock-up’ or ‘slippage’ readings. There is, however, a problem. In practice the new method of inspection means that what’s measured is as much the level of traction between the tyre and…
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