Mot lightring question.
- Thread starter katy81
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Aye well it was testable when I presented it at 4pm the day before. He was too busy to do it at the time of booking, so I left it with him and he said he'd do it in the morning.
Which he did, at like 6:30am or something, and the screenwash had frozen overnight.
No it's not, tester is only covering his a** ie owner sells car, new owner doesn't like the car or it breaks down, first thing they do is go after the MOT station, I've seen it quite a few times, had a mate lose his licence, car was a clean mini, on the appeal against a clean mot, the car that turned up had the right numberplate on it but a totally different rusted out heap.
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Yes it is.
There's absolutely zero reason to enter manual advisories, ie "long handbrake travel" or "temporary repeater lamps fitted"
Every possible advisory is on the MOT system, so the tester should use those rather than entering his own (the official advisories have a code after them).
*Palms faces repeatedly.
Mock test ?
Obviously you must have a different customer base to what we had.
For the tester there is every reason for him to cover his a**, it's his or her's livelihood and anything they can do to protedt it. DVLA inspectors are the police, the judges and the executioners, to fight them will cost a lot of money in appeals that is beyond a lot of testers and the station owner has a lot more to lose, there is every reason to enter manual advisory's.
Putting in nonsense manual advisory notes like 'long handbrake travel' doesn't do anything to to stop the example you posted earlier though, where an entirely different car is apparently fraudulently presented for testing.
It doesn't cover the testers arse any more or less than using the proper advisories.
Your mate that lost his licence would hardly have been saved if he'd thrown an advisory on the sheet saying 'rear passenger window a bit dirty' or something would he?
It doesn't cover the testers arse any more or less than using the proper advisories.
Your mate that lost his licence would hardly have been saved if he'd thrown an advisory on the sheet saying 'rear passenger window a bit dirty' or something would he?
Erm, I personally went up against the DVSA and got their decision overturned which resulted in me not having a 28 day ban, so I’m fully aware of how the system works.
They just report their findings and give their recommendations, it’s not up to them what punishment is dealt out.
I’ve never met a DVSA inspector in my 20+ years of testing who is unfair in any shape or form.
As long as the tester sticks to the MOT manual then he/she has nothing to worry about.
It’s a “training test” new testers can practice on, it carries no legal significance at all.
Not really, main dealers, independents, makes no difference, in fact main dealer was probably worse with the high cost of repairs and not a lot of trust with the public.
I just get my tester to enter it as a mock test. Fix all the faults and advisories then he just checks the work and passes it
ok, obviously you didn't read this properly, Starts a test, finds faults and advisory's, changes to a "training" test, so did he log off the original test or abandon the test ? Now he does a retest ? on what test ? or does he register the vehicle for a new test and then just check the items they repaired ? Would you (JON) like to add up the points ? Quick guess I would say bye bye licence and station.
Based on who the OP is none of this actual happens in the real world anyway.
Oh it does.
What in the name of the lord are you waffling on about?
Should ask yourself that question.
I’ve just shown your posts here to 2 other testers and between us we’ve nearly 60 years of testing experience and none of us have any idea what you’re going on about.
In fact we’re due a DVSA visit this week, so I’ll show what you posted to the inspector to see if he can decipher it.
I won’t be holding my breath.
In fact we’re due a DVSA visit this week, so I’ll show what you posted to the inspector to see if he can decipher it.
I won’t be holding my breath.