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Disco Matt:
--- Quote from: Drift on January 23, 2009, 13:02:41 ---I might be a bit thick here, I thought with the new computerised system you couldnt falsify an MOT :?
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The computer is only as good as what it's being fed though - as someone said above, the numberplates and chassis plate could easily be swapped onto another identical car. I realise that the axles, engine, etc are all stamped but how many garages would bother to go chasing around them all?
There are also likely to be places that let a few questionable vehicles through the MOT. If VOSA catch them then they're in deep brown stuff, but until that happens...
Gordo:
--- Quote from: Drift on January 23, 2009, 13:02:41 ---I might be a bit thick here, I thought with the new computerised system you couldnt falsify an MOT :?
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As I understand it, it isn't the MOT that's false, but the vehicle itself. When the MOT tester does the computer bit he puts in the chassis number as well as the Index Mark (registration).
If the numbers have been switched from one vehicle to another then the tester will have entered the numbers in good faith, conducted the test on that vehicle and issued a pass certificate.
If the previous owner than transferred the identity to another vehicle then the MOT would show correctly, but wouldn't be for that actual vehicle (IYSWIM!).
All decidedly dodgy if you ask me :|
Drift:
Ahha gotcha, I though it was like a bung of £70 and the car details then a day later your handed an MOT in the pub, so its not easy then, good.
stuntman:
The thing is mate yes it is, normally it's a £100, that covers the test and the rest to dodgey character.
Theye get round it by using emision tests carried out on other vehicles, and other dodgy info. Sad but it does happen, and I know a few testers that have been known to do this.
Gordo:
--- Quote from: muddy henry on January 23, 2009, 16:08:33 ---that is it you can even take the car and if it dails the mot tester say bung me a few quid and you have a ticket that is why i always go to the same mot place every year he is very fair and lets things like a wiper or a light not working go which is ok
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No, it's not OK. Failing to carry out the test properly is likely to earn him a visit from the men from the Ministry, and loss of his ticket.
If he said that the bulb or wiper is faulty, and gave you the opportunity to buy and fit a replacement part before leaving the test centre then that's different. Letting an unroadworthy vehicle leave the centre with a pass certificate is indefensible.
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