Colour of MOT certificate

cootuk · May 21st, 2009, 00:34

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...-of-green.html

"...Mr Cook, a self-employed roofer, was informed that staff at the centre in Gosforth, Newcastle, believed his new MOT certificate to be fake because it was a lighter colour than the old one.

He was taken to a nearby police station where he had to give a DNA swab, was fingerprinted and photographed, then placed in a cell...."

Let's hope they emply non-colour blind personnel from now on?

stevo48 · May 21st, 2009, 01:37

Seems legit enough, theres so many forgeries about at the moment, money and MOT certificates included its hardly surprising they called the police, as Mr cook said the police were civilised and polite,other than a little inconvenience no harm done, the police were doing their job.

scottishvolvo · May 21st, 2009, 06:38

Is there not a number you can call to check the validity of a certificate?

tt82 · May 21st, 2009, 07:51

agree that the police were only doing there job but think more could of been done by the DVLA centre to confirm it was a forgery before calling police. there has been a website posted on the forum (by john_c i think) where you can check MOT's of vehicles since copmuterision and surely they could have compared it with a MOT certificate from another customer

Dunc · May 21st, 2009, 08:02

Typical DVLA, why didn't they just check on their own computer system, and cross match it to the garage that issued it.
If you tax online they can check weather your vehicle is mot then without even seeing a certificate.
Dunc.

Penguinistics · May 21st, 2009, 08:06

It suddenly seems to be a better idea to re-new my tax disc online........

May 21st, 2009, 00:34	#1
cootuk Premier Member Last Online: Apr 22nd, 2013 20:52 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: bradford	Colour of MOT certificate http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...-of-green.html "...Mr Cook, a self-employed roofer, was informed that staff at the centre in Gosforth, Newcastle, believed his new MOT certificate to be fake because it was a lighter colour than the old one. He was taken to a nearby police station where he had to give a DNA swab, was fingerprinted and photographed, then placed in a cell...." Let's hope they emply non-colour blind personnel from now on?

May 21st, 2009, 06:38	#3
scottishvolvo Premier Member Last Online: Jun 3rd, 2024 20:32 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Glasgow	Is there not a number you can call to check the validity of a certificate? __________________ Chris '98 S40 2.0T..Gone. 2000 S40 2.0 SE Auto and loving it. 2014 V40 Cross Country Please consider registering with the Anthony Nolan Trust, you could save a life.

May 21st, 2009, 07:51	#4
tt82 Forum Support Team Last Online: Jun 7th, 2024 07:24 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Here.... obviously!	agree that the police were only doing there job but think more could of been done by the DVLA centre to confirm it was a forgery before calling police. there has been a website posted on the forum (by john_c i think) where you can check MOT's of vehicles since copmuterision and surely they could have compared it with a MOT certificate from another customer __________________ The more people I meet, the more I like my dog! 2009 V70 D5 R-Design - Jeade'en

May 21st, 2009, 08:02	#5
Dunc Dunc Last Online: Feb 5th, 2023 18:13 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Preston View Photos By: Dunc	Typical DVLA, why didn't they just check on their own computer system, and cross match it to the garage that issued it. If you tax online they can check weather your vehicle is mot then without even seeing a certificate. Dunc. __________________ 2005 V70 geartronic, Lunar gold, 163hp diesel.

May 21st, 2009, 01:37	#2
stevo48 Premier Member Last Online: Jul 9th, 2020 20:08 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Halifax West yorkshire	Seems legit enough, theres so many forgeries about at the moment, money and MOT certificates included its hardly surprising they called the police, as Mr cook said the police were civilised and polite,other than a little inconvenience no harm done, the police were doing their job.

May 21st, 2009, 08:06	#6
Penguinistics VOC Member Last Online: Nov 20th, 2021 22:30 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Preston	It suddenly seems to be a better idea to re-new my tax disc online........

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