MOT extensions scheme ends on 1st August.

[Stephen Edwin]

The scheme to extend MOTs is ending on 1st August 2020.






I do know someone who predicted that the way the scheme is operated was designed to facilitate a possible early end to the scheme.


.

[heckflosse]

Good. We are seeing quite a few cars at the garage with dangerous tyres etc.How many mega smoky diesels do you see on a trip too?
The idea of extending the MOT from a year was a controversial one proposed before Covid, partially to appease the EU, but the world has moved on since then.

[eternal optimist]

Originally Posted by heckflosse

Good. We are seeing quite a few cars at the garage with dangerous tyres etc.How many mega smoky diesels do you see on a trip too?
The idea of extending the MOT from a year was a controversial one proposed before Covid, partially to appease the EU, but the world has moved on since then.

Really?

[Clifford Pope]

I don't see how the proposal to extend the MOT could have come "before Covid".

If there was a serious case for extending the duration of MOTs generally, then 6 months was an odd number to chose, and an unrelated outbreak of a pandemic an odd moment to announce it.
Even odder is to withdraw the extension after only 2 months.

[Othen]

Originally Posted by Clifford Pope

I don't see how the proposal to extend the MOT could have come "before Covid".

If there was a serious case for extending the duration of MOTs generally, then 6 months was an odd number to chose, and an unrelated outbreak of a pandemic an odd moment to announce it.
Even odder is to withdraw the extension after only 2 months.

I had not heard of a proposal to extend MoT validity beyond 12 months (which seems a sensible period to me), but I suppose BREXIT means we won't have to suck up to the EU any more anyway.

I think the 6 month extension was a sensible expedient during the pandemic - there wasn't really an alternative if non-essential businesses had to close in order to contain the pandemic (which seems to have worked as planned). It must have operated for at least 4 months (the Royal Barge's MoT was extended in April, and the scheme will run until the end of July), but there would be no reason to continue with the expedient, so it is right to end it and get the economy back to normal now.

I don't think there was anything nefarious about this whole issue: it was just a sensible thing to do during a crisis, which is now under control so there is no need to continue (Heckflosse is right - otherwise the standard of cars on the road will drop too far).

Alan

[GreenBrick]

I missed the start date by 1 day... Boo

"Your car, van or motorcycle’s MOT expiry date will be extended by 6 months if it’s due between 30 March 2020 and 31 July 2020."

[Wagon Sailor]

Originally Posted by Othen

I had not heard of a proposal to extend MoT validity beyond 12 months (which seems a sensible period to me), but I suppose BREXIT means we won't have to suck up to the EU any more anyway.

The MoT standards and intervals have nothing to do with the EU. Similar tests vary from country to country.