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in News · 10 Jul 2020, 15:04 · 27 Comments
Among new rules is that cars must be clean when taken for the routine inspection or they will fail.
According to the new rule, published by the Institute of Mobility and Land Transport (IMT) in the Government Gazette, "whenever the cleanliness impairs observations during the inspection, the vehicle must be failed (…)”.
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That must be a joke - right?
So many cars are fuming like 19th century steam trains and this people are concerned about the cleanliness of a car inside? What about taking all this ancient smoke throwers off the roads? The politicians who dreamed up this bit now should seek professional help!
By Tom Randony from Algarve on 10 Jul 2020, 18:25
My car is 2003 RCZ7075 what happens next on October
By Tommy from UK on 10 Jul 2020, 19:55
Let's test and try that in the EU courts. From the country I come from, the annual inspection of cars has been exempted and the monopoly has been abolished. The rules now comply with EU law and do not mention a word about "dirty" cars. Can not wait that moment when someone put that in some paper. Really. Waiting that stupidness like given free million.
By Juha Malinen from Lisbon on 10 Jul 2020, 20:32
just more pushing down on the motorists
By Stephen Thomas from UK on 10 Jul 2020, 20:42
Load of rubbish. Just another way you want to make money
By Shahid from UK on 10 Jul 2020, 22:56
Cars will fail an mot if dirty? What if you are barely surviving in life and live in a tower block where a hose pipe is not available? So is the government gonna lower the price of car tax so poor people can afford the exhaustive prices it cost to get your car washed ? I can understand the reasoning behind this but this is a government going beyond its power and encroaching on our civil liberties surely !
By Robert Kitchin from UK on 11 Jul 2020, 03:14
What a load of b******. How does a dirty car make it unsafe? To many screbs pushing pens around in office.
By Mick from UK on 11 Jul 2020, 04:13
A mot is to make sure the car is safe and road worthy and to keep down the emissions as in pollution ,, so really don't know how a dirty car would full into any of those categories and another way to try and get cars off the road and make more money for garages on retests ,, so no reason to include this in a test ,,
By John from UK on 11 Jul 2020, 07:09
always been the rule.
By Matt from UK on 11 Jul 2020, 07:41
Car as to be clean goverment loosing there mind half the cars on the road have dodgy mot sort tht out 1st lol
By rs from UK on 11 Jul 2020, 12:43
What a stupid idea, if we need to have a clean car/van. Then we need to demand the garage mot inspector to have clean hands. First sign of oil on hand then he must clean his hands. I don't think many mot garages will fail you on how dirty ur car is, its mechanical defects that fail.
By Joseph Kelly from UK on 11 Jul 2020, 12:53
What I think they should check the vehicles mechanically. It should be safe on the road.
After this there could be new regulation, the driver have to take shower before he go for MOT.
By Khaled from UK on 11 Jul 2020, 13:14
I am totally agree with that .vehicle should be cleaned and good presentable
By Abdul Rauf from UK on 11 Jul 2020, 13:57
Tories making rich richer and poor poorer.
By ANGUS G BENNISON from UK on 11 Jul 2020, 14:14
just another way of geting money allways car drivers
By Mr W J Adams from UK on 11 Jul 2020, 14:14
Why change it when it ain't broke stealth tax
By Barry Phillips from UK on 11 Jul 2020, 14:26
Another stealth tax and burotic nonsense, what next if it's not had a full valet inside it will also fail. I have never heard anything so ridiculous, if it was April 1st I would thought this was an April fool's joke.
By cameron hodder from UK on 11 Jul 2020, 16:13
I work in the motor trade and its about time this came into force. some peoples cars are disgusting
By Shaun from UK on 11 Jul 2020, 18:47
Great idea should cover both outter and under side
By TERRY BARRETT from UK on 11 Jul 2020, 19:05
This is ridiculous this country is turning into communist Russia this whole thing is getting childish and outrages this is not the right way to go about things
By Brad welty from UK on 11 Jul 2020, 19:58
What a load of garbage how can a dirty car the unsafe on the road which is what the MOT is all about
By A M Perry from UK on 11 Jul 2020, 21:15
Bog off
By Rrrttt from Lisbon on 11 Jul 2020, 23:54
Depends on how dirty, as some of us dont have a place to park our cars to clean them, outside our property, so paying for a clean is a bit pricey, having a vehicle on the road is pricey enough.
By Barbara from UK on 12 Jul 2020, 06:10
It's getting more time consuming MOT text
It already takes 45/60 min .for Mot .
No good ......
By Taimur Hussain from UK on 12 Jul 2020, 09:15
That is a very good proposal,its not right that the advisor must be exposed to all the trash and dirty cars.
By Karen Kotze from UK on 12 Jul 2020, 09:30
Just making it more difficult to keep your vehicle on the road.. some of us can't afford brand new vehicles or don't want finance to buy.. when you live far away from the nearest town or city your vehicle is going to get dirty . who ever was the Muppet who thought this one up is totally off their head
By ANDREW EMMS from UK on 12 Jul 2020, 12:02
The new rules for car, mot's, is absolutely stupid, your car has to be clean, are we taking our cars to a garage for, mot's,,, or into a hospital,, all for the snobs again, it's different when key workers are needed for there cars,, no one complained then,,
By Kirk roberts from UK on 12 Jul 2020, 19:54