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Just receive a letter from the licence dept.

A trial is being held, that every 3rd vehicle licence can in this pilot scheme choose [voluntary] to use a MOTC station of their choice to have their vehicle tested instead of having a annual council test by the bin mechanics

This tells me that they are now starting to trust the MOT stations

The letter goes on about there is no additional charge for this during the pilot scheme, but this position will have to change if it becomes permanent?????????

Why every third test, and why should 66% of drivers have no choice.

Still if nothing else, the bin testers will be worried about their job prospects. So that 66% might just get a better and quicker test, and not have to deal with idiots.

End the restriction I say.

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I always love it when they say there's some play in my roll bars. Every time I say "Could that be because you're using a 3 foot bar to check them?"

Idiots!

sounds like the same tossers who just failed mine on stonechips on the bonnet and a dirty window!!!! the didnt seem to understand that the dirt was there by driving the 8 mile to the test centre

Or if it's like ours they sent my vehicle up on the ramp with the bonnet up. It hit the roof and put a ruddy great dint in it.

Bring on the MOT testers!

You are right the council are listening to the hard working committee of York taxi association who approach the council and get things done, standing in groups talking amongst yourselves is no good the council cannot hear you from there join the YTA and have a voice at the highest level

Its the same up here in glasgow, its a bloody nightmare going through that test at times your there an hour just waiting to go through the test , then they dont tell you for about another hour that its failed. What [edited by admin] me of it says in the letter must be on time for test. Is it so i can sit for two hours waiting to see if the car has passed or failed and so it fails bring it back tommorow dont have to phone just bring it in, ok but they dont tell you ,you will wait to near the end of the other tests maybe another two hours. I say get rid of the council doing the tests were giving them thousand,s of pounds with nothing in return. Am still waiting for my renewal ph plates since first of october 05 when i phoned they said we have a lot of plates to go through you will recieve a letter. sh**te we should be able to use a local mot station, but glasgow city council no there making thousand,s out of us sap,s

Or even the Private Hire Association - we all have to work together with the council. Collective responsibility

down here we have a choice of at least a dzen places where we canb get tested.
and if in one fails you.
go to another.