MOT Tests could be ‘Every Two Years’

A consultation will look at whether the first MOT test could be changed from three to four years, and then every other MOT test to every two years. This would mean that, over the first 10 years, a new car would only be tested four times instead of eight, possibly saving motorists hundreds of pounds.

Under the proposed changes, three options will be considered. The favoured option is understood to be for an initial MoT after four years, a second after another two years, then annually after that.

The biggest changes would come under the final option which would see the first test after four years, then three MoTs at two-yearly intervals, followed by annual testing.

The current MOT system is largely unchanged since 1967. Now ministers have recognised that car design and safety technology has developed since then.

Philip Hammond, the Transport Secretary, said: “Car technology has come a long way since the 1960s, that’s why we think its right to look again to check whether we still have the right balance of MOT testing for modern vehicles.”

MJP Motoring Solicitors