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Every two years, a MOT?

In the near future, the government is expected to introduce a new plan that could potentially mandate that auto owners MOT their vehicles every two years rather than the existing annual requirement that is in place.


Many people, including mechanics and automobile owners, could gain or lose from the new system depending on whether the ideas are implemented. Before the idea is put to a final vote, safety will undoubtedly be one of the most crucial concerns that will be discussed and thoroughly investigated.


The plan has already received the endorsement of the transport secretary, who noted that modern vehicles are far safer than those that were produced more than 50 years ago, when the Ministry of Transport test was originally instituted. Many have already posed the argument, "Is a small annual savings on motoring costs worth more than our day-to-day safety?" There will be a lot of discussion over this.


The minister has proposed a number of reforms, one of which might result in the MOT Service Maidstone interval for new automobiles being increased from the current three years to four years. The entire system has stayed mostly unchanged since the examination was implemented in 1967; the latest changes are the outcome of examinations into how new designs have been made safer through technology.


Many commenters claim that this is only being done to lessen the impact of the present automobile prices, which are at an all-time high and falling at a startling rate. Numerous agencies have already conducted reports in favor of and against the planned measures. The "Transport Research Laboratory," one of the organizations that has been conducting reports on this subject, has published material suggesting that modifying the MOT regularity could increase motor vehicle fatalities.


They have estimated that 3% of road traffic accidents in the UK are caused by vehicle defects; these figures could easily increase should MOT's be changed. They also suggest that increasing the time between even newer car tests could be a large factor in increasing RTAs and even go so far as to say that an additional 16 to 30 deaths per year could occur as a result.

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