MOT test

==History==

==History==

The MOT test was first introduced on a voluntary basis on 12 September 1960 under the direction of the-then [[Minister of Transport]], [[Ernest Marples]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.motester.co.uk/CarOwnersGuidetoTheMOT/HistoryoftheMOTTest.aspx |title=History of the MOT Test |publisher=MOT Testing Magazine |access-date=2010-10-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926083754/http://www.motester.co.uk/CarOwnersGuidetoTheMOT/HistoryoftheMOTTest.aspx |archive-date=2010-09-26 }}</ref><ref name=”:0″>{{Cite news|last=Roberts|first=Andrew|date=2020-09-13|title=The MOT car safety test: saving lives since 1960|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/classic/mot-car-safety-test-saving-lives-since-1960/|access-date=2020-09-15|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> under powers in the Road Traffic Act 1956. The test was originally a basic test including brakes, lights and steering check which was to be carried out after the vehicle was ten years old and every year thereafter. This became known as the “ten year test”, or alternatively the “Ministry of Transport Test”. A fee is applicable to the test and the amount involved for a car when testing was first introduced in 1960 was fourteen shillings (70 new (decimal) pence) plus one shilling (five new pence) for the certificate. The voluntary period ended on 15 February 1961 and the high test failure rate resulted in the age that vehicles became due for testing being reduced to seven years on 31 December 1961.<ref name=”:0″ /> In 1962, the first commercial vehicle exam was created and a valid certificate was required in order to receive a tax disc, and in April 1967, the testable age for an MOT was reduced to three years. On 1 January 1983, the testable age for ambulances, taxis and vehicles with more than eight passenger seats (excluding the driver’s) was reduced to one year.

The MOT test was first introduced on a voluntary basis on 12 September 1960 under the direction of the-then [[Minister of Transport]], [[Ernest Marples]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.motester.co.uk/CarOwnersGuidetoTheMOT/HistoryoftheMOTTest.aspx |title=History of the MOT Test |publisher=MOT Testing Magazine |access-date=2010-10-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926083754/http://www.motester.co.uk/CarOwnersGuidetoTheMOT/HistoryoftheMOTTest.aspx |archive-date=2010-09-26 }}</ref><ref name=”:0″>{{Cite news|last=Roberts|first=Andrew|date=2020-09-13|title=The MOT car safety test: saving lives since 1960|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/classic/mot-car-safety-test-saving-lives-since-1960/|access-date=2020-09-15|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> under powers in the Road Traffic Act 1956. The test was originally a basic test including brakes, lights and steering check which was to be carried out after the vehicle was ten years old and every year thereafter. This became known as the “ten year test”, or alternatively the “Ministry of Transport Test”. A fee amount involved for a car when testing was first introduced in 1960 was fourteen shillings ( decimal pence) plus one shilling (five new pence) for the certificate. The voluntary period ended on 15 February 1961 high test failure rate resulted in the age that vehicles became due for testing being reduced to seven years on 31 December 1961.<ref name=”:0″ /> In 1962, the first commercial vehicle exam was created and a valid certificate was required in order to receive a tax disc April 1967, the testable age for an MOT was reduced to three years. On 1 January 1983, the testable age for ambulances, taxis and vehicles with more than eight passenger seats (excluding the driver’s) was reduced to one year.

The list of items tested has been continually expanded over the years, including:

The list of items tested has been continually expanded over the years, including: