"Updated MOT Guidelines"
"MOT Bromsgrove ( 650+ words)"
[ "Updated MOTGuidelinesWhen the world is recovering slowlyfrom the pandemic effects, it is time to get back to normal timesgradually. Again going out for work would become a daily affair when dependencyon your vehicles shall resume. So, it is time to prepare for the roads and makesure that after all this time your car is fit to be on road.MOT Bromsgrove is the most effective way to make sure thatonly befitting vehicles are on the road, which is why the transport authorityof UK has mandated the MOT test years from now. But like every other thingseven MOT rules change adapting to the requirements of the time. Recently theDVSA announced the changes in the MOT inspection rules and regulations to keepthe roads safe for every civilianChanges in the MOTIn January 2021, DVSA has made changesto the MOT inspection manual and on the other hand it also changed certain thingsin the categorisation which came into effect from the month of February, 2021. Itis important to know in what place these changes in categorisations puts you in.Starting with the heavy vehicles, ithas been mentioned clearly that no tyres shall be allowed for use over 10 yearsas they become extremely unreliable and risky this prolonged use. In factwhether they have been used enough or not shall not influence this rule since inboth ways it becomes unworthy of useThe new regulation on the objectsmounted on the dashboard is a much bigger concern for all the modern vehicles. Thisis because over the decade it has been a huge trend to install or mount techobjects like smartphones, tablets, etc. on the dashboard. But according to DVSAthese are now categorised as objects severely impairing the drivers viewthrough the area swept by the windscreen wipers. New rules instruct thevehicle inspectors to immediately ban any automobile having such dash-mountedobjects impairing the view.It would be illegal to drive with suchcars on road and so to remove the ban from your car the owner would have toremove such objects immediately. Not just that, then he would also need to waitfor the Removal of the Prohibition notice being issuedSome of the other things that wentunder change due to the new rules are as follows:Brakes: thenew rule has made it clear that the brake friction material that is used in thebrake system of the automobiles need to be a minimum of 1.6 mm thick. Anything lessthan that shall be responsible for a penalty on road and failure in the MOTtest.Steering:some additional notes have been made regarding the steering lock of a car andthe defects list also adds another of steering defects in the severity categoryas defective and inadvertently affects safe steering operation.Lamps:the lamps which are compulsory even during the daytime use in a car, any defectsregarding it if noticed by the examiner then he needs to issue an inspectionnotice to the driver of that particular car." ]