MOTs Changing to 4 – 2 – 2

The Governmants review into changing from the current 3 – 1 – 1 MOT testing to 4 – 2 – 2 sequence (to align us with our European neighbours) is about to begin. The Transport Research Laboratory send the likely increase in road deaths would be between ’1 and 30 per year’ contradicting a previous report that said 400 road deaths were likely.
The proposed cost saving to motorists is unlikely to be seen as the cost of the MOT test would be increased and the increase in accidents would raise insurance costs yet again.
But one of the greatest arguements is that for very many people the annual MOT test is the only time their vehicle is checked and problems like worn tyres, worn brakes etc get spotted and rectified. If this was changed to bi-annual testing would you happy driving on roads where there are possibly vehicles that had recieved no checking or maintainance for up to 2 years.
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