New MoT Rules from May 2018 Will Hit Hard - Especially Diesels

[AlanHo]

Diesel cars will find it harder to pass the MoT from May 2018 when the Government introduces strict new rules on emissions and DPFs.
 
From 20 May, any Euro5 diesel that emits visible smoke of any colour will automatically fail the MoT in 2018. Diesel particulate filters (commonly known as DPFs) will also face mandatory checks, with failures being issued if the tester finds evidence of removal or being tampered with.

 

According to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) guidance document: 'an automatic failure will be issued if the DPF canister has been cut open and re-welded, unless the owner can provide documented evidence for a legitimate reason like a filter clean'.

 

The DVSA's also introducing new defect categories, with test faults now being listed as Minor, Major or Dangerous. Any car that gets a Dangerous fault will fail and be deemed illegal to be driven on the road. A Major fault will also fail and be subject to a repair and retest. Minor defects will be considered along the same lines as advisories, allowing the vehicle to pass with the faults being noted to the MoT history.

 

The reverse light will be part of the MoT for the first time and must operate automatically when reverse gear is selected.

 

Aftermarket high intensity discharge (HID) headlamps will also be banned, with owners required to convert their HID headlamps back to halogen.

 

RAC spokesman Simon Williams said: “While on the surface this change, which is part of an EU Directive due to come into force in May, we fear many motorists could end up being confused by the new categories which give an indication as to the seriousness of vehicle defects identified in an MoT test.

 

“Rather than MoT failures simply being black and white, the new system creates the potential for confusion as testers will have to make a judgement as to whether faults are Dangerous, Major or Minor. This will surely be open to interpretation which may lead to greater inconsistency from one test centre to another.”

 

The DVSA has also scrapped plans to extend the first MoT for new cars from three to four years. A Department for Transport (DfT) consultation in 2017 considered changing the period before the first test to four years. According to the DfT, most of those responding to the consultation were against the proposals on safety grounds, arguing that the savings to drivers - estimated at around £100 million a year - were outweighed by the risk to road users with the MoT test often highlighting upcoming issues with a vehicle. A public survey for DfT by Populus also showed fewer than half of people were in favour of the change.

 

Source : Honest John Website

[catgate]

I think that all this safety inspection/testing does not go far enough. The checking of motor vehicles needed improving and now the ministry is tackling the problem . However our short sighted government have over looked  several other areas of potential injury and death.

Push bikes are not subjected to an MOT inspection, neither are prams or wheelbarrows. All three are liable to cause serious bodily damage and injury and even death, not to mention damage to roads and pavements.

In a country that really was concerned about road safety, all two wheeled vehicles would have to have the two small side wheels sometimes seen on children's bicycles. In the case of solo  motor cycles there would have to be a pillion seat passenger holding an appropriate  flag with an appropriate warning.

 

 

 

 

 

[Boris]

11 minutes ago, catgate said:

Push bikes are not subjected to an MOT inspection, neither are prams or wheelbarrows. All three are liable to cause serious bodily damage and injury and even death,

You forgot to add those upright shoppers on wheels

 Lethal weapons

They can be bought and used by anyone - absolutely no restriction.

[Belatucadrus]

Electric cars should also fail if they're too quiet as they then become a hazard to pedestrians. My suggestion is the installation of a  noise generator, in order not to reduce battery life and mileage it would probably need a separate power supply, something like a supercharged 6.0 litre V8 internal combustion engine.

[catgate]

The time is coming when it will be a crime........what ever it is.

 

 

Does anyone know where the GOOD goes when the do gooders have done it.

[AlanHo]

Also missing are kids scooters, roller skates and shopping trolleys. Some old dear dragged one over my foot last year and it dai arf urt. She probably had two crates of stout in it.. 

 

My Hybrid car has a noise generator when in EV mode. It's noisier than the engine unfortunately.  It also has a loud sound generator when the front passenger seat is occupied

 

 

[catgate]

I was unaware that you had a Hybrid.

What is it's genetic derivation? ....or is born out of padlock.

[AlanHo]

It is the result of a threesome between an Atkinson cycle 4 stroke internal combustion petrol engine, an electric synchronous motor and a high volt lithium ion battery.

[Belatucadrus]

My car has two noise generators, one is a two litre inline four petrol engine with twin scroll turbocharger. The other is Japanese heavy metal.