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Growing Protest to proposed MOT changes

The owner of an independent garage in Essex believes that the Government’s plans to reduce the number of MoT tests could spell disaster for public safety, and he’s used his local newspaper to publicise his views.

Chris Smith, who runs Ernick Motors in Elm Park, Hornchurch in Essex, argues that the proposals that could see the tests taking place every two years would be dangerous. He said, “I think it is going to affect people’s safety on the roads and on the pavements and I think it is a case where we need to get more people campaigning against it because if it does come into place it will spell disaster for a lot of people.”

As part of the new proposals by the Government, it would see the extension of a car’s first MoT from its third to its fourth birthday. Subsequent tests would be made every two years instead of annually as is the case now.

The Government’s proposed change to the test is said to be a bid to save motorists money, but Chris argues that it means that there is a longer length of time before some cars are seen at a professional garage meaning that problems could go unnoticed.

He said, “It’s crazy because at the moment I get cars coming into the garage with problems wrong with their brakes and all four tyres are bad and the only chance that we get to pick up on these problems is because of the MOT, if that was allowed to happen every other year then things could go far longer without anyone noticing because some drivers have no idea how to check their cars.”

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