UK mot test?

What if you put broken bulbs in the lamps, leave the (Norwegian) Hi-vis vest out and loosen the battery clamp, or other unexpensive easy to fix faults.
They will not have to check so hard to find enough faults to keep the system happy..

That only puts money in other people's pockets because most places are attached to repair garages who love nothing more than being able to ripoff the unsuspecting. It's really just a con that is impossible to fight because it hides behind the guise of road safety.

Lambert wrote:

That only puts money in other people's pockets because most places are attached to repair garages who love nothing more than being able to ripoff the unsuspecting. It's really just a con that is impossible to fight because it hides behind the guise of road safety.

Although there are some like that & pretty sure some would find any excuse to fail a car, but I do feel they are the exceptions rather than the rule. But I would rather have that than there be no checks at all, I have seen the state of some cars that are presented for test & then listened to some of the drivers arguments as to why they should fail, even when the steel is showing through the rubber.

No I agree, you need only look at what passes for parking in ASDA to understand how little people care about motoring, and yes we need protection against their apathy, it's just that we by definition of being on a car forum take motoring way more seriously than most which often leaves us seeing holes in the system. As an example when I got the advice for the tyres the conversation with the parents went along the lines of "why have you submitted the car with those tyres on if you know they've got cracks in them? Not that we're going to buy more because those still have good tread left on them." And that kind of attitude is seemingly prevalent in those who are not car people.

Lambert wrote:

That inspires confidence, it's not about roadworthiness, it's about keeping the A.I. happy!
 

Not really.....

There are about 30 million class 4 MOTs done a year, and the initial failure rate is about 25%, with around 3.4 defects per failure.

So if they have a 90% initial pass rate then DVSA will send someone to have a look, either to confirm that they are located in an anomalous bubble where owners are way above average in their MOT prep, or they are too lenient.

If they are doing their job right, they will be close on the average figures, adjusted for demographic, because of the high number of tests done at a station.

The IT thing is a screen to send the inspectors to a hotspot,they can play the system, but it should work anyway out if they are doing their job right.

There are some jolly statistics to peruse at www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-s...ta-for-great-britain

I couldn't find anything on advisories, but again, if they never issue an advisory, there has to be something wrong..

All of which comes back to my original point that testers are under pressure to conform to averages or they face consequences and therefore now more than ever they are nitpicking really minor things on otherwise sound vehicles to cover themselves.