It failed the MOT, just like an out headlight fails an MOT. Don’t see the issue.
Also I take it you had it trailered from the MOT station to the garage for repairs then had it trailered back to the MOT place?
You have VIP membership to the handbrake MOT lottery by dint of running a QP.
Garages cannot comprehend that manual click adjusted handbrake could live in touching distance of electro-hyraulic gear change and LSD in the luxury saloon.
Next year adjust get the handbrake adjusted a few days before the test. Easy DIY job or hour at workshop max.
Nope, and nope. The issue -- co-incidentally with this thread -- is that if there's no enforcement of standards of MOT tests (see Sheffield dealer's MOT test done in Rotherham per previous and my attempts to complain to DVSA) then the majority of testers (that I've come across in over 40 years of classic car ownership) will get drowned out by the few. And the whole system will fall into disrepute and public ridicule.
Every MOT test center has to have one and yes most go back a good few years but they were quality made bits of kit.
So because your car failed it’s MOT (on something that is a common issue) the MOT tester is a liar and a cheat. Funny you mention the system falling into disrepute seeing as you broke the law by driving your car.
Almost everyone in the motor trade is not a crook.
Richard, did they test the brakes on the rolling rd type brake tester? I presume so as they have come up with percentage figures, this is a big no no on cars with LSD, I always warn them of this and the fact they will be liable for £thousands in repair costs if they blow up my diff, they always use a taplow meter to do brake tests on mine, and the handbrake test involves will it hold on a slight hill.
I've not made such an accusation -- and have been careful in crafting my reply soas it cannot be read in that way.
And you are wrong in your accusation that I "broke the law by driving your [my] car" -- suggest you engage brain before operating keyboard
>"Vehicle categories have aligned to the European type approval categories..."
I respect your personal opinion, but irrespective of whatever an officer may think or do, if an MOT station has failed a vehicle due to what they consider to be a dangerous defect, it is illegal to drive that vehicle on a public highway.I'm sure you posted with the best of intentions -- however rudely.
If in the event that a car is flagged as having no MOT on an officer's ANPR then, subject to other prevailing conditions such as road conditions, safe space to cause a stop, etc (like others here I retired a few years ago -- 2011) the criteria then is whether the subject vehicle is roadworthy in the opinion of the officer.
A clanker dragging along its back box on the road underneath clearly is not, no lights and they can't be switched on, flat tyre unknown to driver, etc...
Yet an auto gearbox vehicle with faulty handbrake still has its Park. I wouldn't issue a PG9 (computer code CAD 22/PG9) and go through all that procedure for this. It would involve advising driver that the vehicle can't be driven, having it recovered for examination (staying with vehicle until recovery arrives), possibly a lost court case with Judge calling out said officer for wasting Court time, a MOT re-test, getting a PG10 issued, trotting along to your local cop shop (they're not local anymore) to get that taken in over the counter and a receipt issued. And then taking the receipt back to the MOT station soas they can release your car.
I've always followed the rule that going to and from a pre-arranged MOT test in an otherwise road worthy vehicle is permitted. It's for officer dealing to apply best judgement, and "reasonableness".
Ah, that lot again. Fortunately, we've taken back control. So don't have to stand up whenever "Ode to Joy" is played as a national anthem <retch>
If in the event that a car is flagged as having no MOT on an officer's ANPR then, subject to other prevailing conditions such as road conditions, safe space to cause a stop,
That might well be so, but what One ball said is true, it is illegal to drive a car on the public highway if it has just ‘failed an MOT’ due to a dangerous defect being flagged as the cause of failure. I’m not saying a handbrake not working is realistically a dangerous failure, just that in this particular instance that’s what the MOT station concluded. I don’t think they make up their own list of dangerous failures. My personal opinion is that it should not be, but that’s just my opinion. None the less if it says dangerous failure do not drive on the MOT failure report, then it’s illegal to do so.you may find this surprising as i did, my mother's mot expired on 18th August and was still being used for local necessary trips up until a couple of weeks ago, when i found out i booked the car in with my local mot guys, i was having a chat with them that she was lucky that no ANPR cop cars picked it up, they have a very good copper friend who is in an ANPR car and the copper said that the ANPR system always flags up loads of cars and they could spend all day stopping cars, however, they simply ignore them because they know most drivers just simply forget, naturally if a dodgy looking pile of cr4P Is flagged up then they will pull it over
That might well be so, but what One ball said is true, it is illegal to drive a car on the public highway if it has just ‘failed an MOT’ due to a dangerous defect being flagged as the cause of failure. I’m not saying a handbrake not working is realistically a dangerous failure, just that in this particular instance that’s what the MOT station concluded. I don’t think they make up their own list of dangerous failures. My personal opinion is that it should not be, but that’s just my opinion. None the less if it says dangerous failure do not drive on the MOT failure report, then it’s illegal to do so.
I totally agree with you and also understand, we have all been there. But it’s just that the ex policeman keeps saying that it wasn’t illegal for him to do so, it was.i think you may have misinterpreted my post, i'm in complete agreement that no one should knowingly drive a car that's just failed an MOT, clearly you would be breaking the law, the point of my post was that i was surprised to hear that coppers don't bother to stop cars that flag up unless they look as if they shouldn't be on the road, i can imagine there are plenty of people driving around with perfectly safe motors who have simply forgotten when their mot expires, i actually drove my M3 a couple of years back to my main stealer for a service and they told me my mot expired 3 weeks earlier, luckily i hardly ever use it, 2013 model with 2500 miles on the clock
I totally agree with you and also understand, we have all been there. But it’s just that the ex policeman keeps saying that it wasn’t illegal for him to do so, it was.