Talk:MOT (test)

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I've just made an edit and seen on the history screen someone disagreeing with what I said. 81.5.159.222 said "If it passes you can obviously drive away, if it fails you can't". I don't believe this is true. I believe you are allowed to drive away from a failed MOT test. --JimmyTheWig 17:20, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Quite right; you CAN drive away from a failed MoT, hence the box on the bottom of the fail sheet that says "in my opinion this vehicle is dangerous to drive because...." which the tester can fill in if any defect will make the vehicle dangerous between the MoT testing station and the place of fault rectification. TiHead 22:39, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Confusion around MOT. A confusing thing about MOTs to folks not from UK (like me) is that the department of health refers to "health MOTs." I spent a frustrating half hour trying to figure out what the h... a "health MOT" is, and no-one defined it, not the BBC, not the Guardian. Wikipedia is the first place I looked but found only something on cars, which I couldn't say was the definition I was looking for. I'm a journalism student and had to know for certain what it meant. Obviously the term is beginning to evolve away from its original use, which is kind of interesting. Canuckman 30 Jan 2006

A Health MoT is just a slang term; it has no direct relevence to a specific test. Good luck with your Journalism! TiHead 12:08, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stands for

"Motor ordinance test"? I think so are there any cites one way or the other? Rich Farmbrough 14:13 13 March 2006 (UTC).

As I recall, the "etymology" of the term started with the signs displayed by garages, which bear the words "M.O.T. approved test station". This was originally intended to be parsed as: "This station has been approved by the Ministry of Transport to carry out the (unnamed) test"; but, as "MOT" became established as the term for the test itself, the sign's popular interpretation changed to "This is a station which has been approved to carry out the MOT test", which (presumably) became official when the test was formally named, following the replacement of the Ministry by the Department. However, I agree that this needs a citation to back it up. Tevildo 22:40, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vehicle inspection internationally

Many jurisdictions other than the UK require inspection of motor vehicles for safety, emissions, or both. Should this article be made international in scope, or is a UK-specific article justified? Thanks. Doctor Whom 17:03, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Class certificate

It was once explained to me that common 'production line' cars typically get given a "class certificate" which allows the standard MOT test to be used, and that other vehicles which do not have such a "class certificate" e.g. such as home built cars are require to take an extended or fuller test. Does anybody have any information on this that could be added to the article, or am I just plain wrong? Guinness 16:38, 5 October 2006 (UTC)