New MOT testing ..

shuel

shuel

shuel

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Anyone heard about this new MOT test where the tester has to take photos of the vehicle being tested. Seems they need a photo of the car at the MOT station with number clearly visible.

I am not a tester, but surely this will be headache for the tester..
 
Take photo, upload, do test.
Shouldn't be that difficult.

Unfortunately probably driven by a few testers not doing their job properly
 
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shuel said:
Anyone heard about this new MOT test where the tester has to take photos of the vehicle being tested. Seems they need a photo of the car at the MOT station with number clearly visible.

I am not a tester, but surely this will be headache for the tester..
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A lot of larger garages use tablets when doing health checks on cars (including some video) which links straight to the car's record on the CRM system in the service desk. Its used to send customers images and videos of potential issues so a photo at MOT is really a non-issue in comparison.
 
If anything, i'm a bit surprised they're not pushing the idea of uploading photos for a few test elements too. Headlight alignment correct? Upload a photo of the beam pattern. DPF not tampered with? Upload a photo of DPF.
 
I get the reason ...I just assumed it will slow down a garages number of MOT tested in the day. Taking photo, uploading etc. As I said I am not a tester, just an outsider looking in.

However I get that people are using tech such as tablets that will not add time to their testing.
 
Kenai said:
If anything, i'm a bit surprised they're not pushing the idea of uploading photos for a few test elements too. Headlight alignment correct? Upload a photo of the beam pattern. DPF not tampered with? Upload a photo of DPF.
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Don’t give us anymore to do for the lowly MOT fee.
A lot of DPF’s are on the manifold now or out of view beneath an undertray, so can’t easily be seen, let alone photographed, and taking a pic of headlamp alignment is also tricky due to the beam testers lens.
I do get what you mean though.
 
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shuel said:
I get the reason ...I just assumed it will slow down a garages number of MOT tested in the day. Taking photo, uploading etc. As I said I am not a tester, just an outsider looking in.

However I get that people are using tech such as tablets that will not add time to their testing.
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It’d take about 60 seconds to do.
 
Kenai said:
I can only imagine it being a headache for MOT testers that are attempting to 'test' vehicles that aren't physically present at the test centre or have clear and obvious defects that the tester intended to ignore.
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I'm sure they'll find workarounds, dodgy industry
 
sigma said:
I'm sure they'll find workarounds, dodgy industry
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Of course they will but it'll make it more of a faff to do a ghost MOT and start to put off the people that saw it as an easy extra £20 to be made - the others will no doubt start to charge more for such services
 
There’s only so much the DVSA can do.
They’ve already got some MOT stations brake testers and emissions machines connected directly to them, but whats to stop the tester using a different car to get the results.
It’s pretty much impossible to stamp out fraud, hell I could sit here right now and MOT anyone in this threads car and almost definitely get away with it.
 
One of my MOTs was done yesterday. As it happens the mechanic left the OBDII dongle plugged in and I'm returning it tonight. I'll ask what he thinks.
 
Kenai said:
Is this available on Members Market?
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Only if you don’t tell anyone :cry:
On a serious note, I really can’t understand why testers do ghost MOTs, it’s just not worth losing their license for + the criminal conviction for £50 or whatever, let alone putting one’s name to a potential death trap.
 
I've heard of garages MOTing cars without them being present so makes sense TBH.
Also means you'd need a clean car for a change.
 
An idea being implemented that's not stupid and will hopefully help to stamp out fraudulent MOTers? Must be a catch?
 
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