MOT for Lorry suspended

[Jacquie66]

anyone else had am email from there MOT/Service provider to say MOT for HGV has been suspended, further information to follow from the DVLA next week.

 

[milkloss]

Not quite sure how I feel about this Tbh.

 

[Jacquie66]

I'm now looking into where do we stand with our insurance, we are a small but I would say at the moment important distribution center for chemicals for manufactures of feed/food/ and cleaning.

so we need to be on the road to be able to keep supplies in the factories but now I am not sure where we stand.

 

[dave6470]

Car MOT have been suspended in Northern Ireland since the 28 Jan
All the test centres lifts cracked need new ones
Take it this is to do with Corona
I've just had tb retest of 2 ic postponed today

 

[Netherfield]

It happened some years ago when the testers went on strike, they sent out either 2 or 3 month test certificates, that was back in the day when HGV tests were on the month of first registration so when eventually tested you got either 9 or 10 months before next test, it caused chaos for a long time through shortage of dates.

 

[Cowcalf]

what would insurance say in the case of an accident ?

 

[Gong Farmer]

Not quite sure how I feel about this Tbh.

Car booked in for MOT tomorrow. Would love a suspension as I'm sure it's going to fail miserably.

 

[kiwi pom]

I'm now looking into where do we stand with our insurance, we are a small but I would say at the moment important distribution center for chemicals for manufactures of feed/food/ and cleaning.

so we need to be on the road to be able to keep supplies in the factories but now I am not sure where we stand.

So just make sure your drivers are extra careful doing pre start checks and make sure faults are still fixed.
No MOT doesn't mean, run non compliant trucks.

 

[Dr. Alkathene]

Had a call from transport manager this morning wanting to bring forward deliveries if possible. As about a quarter of their trucks 6 weekly safety inspections run out in the next 12 days.

They didn’t seem sure where they stand legally & with insurance running HGV without the 6 weekly inspections?

 

[76masseyman]

Car booked in for MOT tomorrow. Would love a suspension as I'm sure it's going to fail miserably.

Cars ok, just HGV’s suspended.
Heard of a local company parking two trucks up as their MOT is due. They are waiting to see if an exemption is coming, but they're not sure as not on essential work like food delivery.

 

[caveman]

Point is.
With a regular full safety check and preventative maintainence regime in place, designed around the way and the conditions under which the truck is operated, plus a rigorous minor fault noting, recording and rectification system designed around the driver, a truck should be able to pass or be passable with a quick fix of a minor default at anytime.
Therefore.
Temporarily extending the yearly mot inspection is nothing more than suspending checking that the operator is complying with the conditions he "signs up to" when he is deemed to be professionally competent before being granted an operators licence.