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[Diver]

Why did you not just collect it from the post office?

Couldn't find the MOT and Insurance papers

[AtW]

I see plenty of cars on the road that surely fail MOT at any given time (like taillights are not all working), yet people clearly can get away with it - I am not convinced that it is impossible to just pay some extra to get MOT pass on almost anything.

2 years period for MOT for 3-10 years old cars is surely an obvious idea, isn't that what they have in Europe?

[Diver]

I see plenty of cars on the road that surely fail MOT at any given time (like taillights are not all working), yet people clearly can get away with it - I am not convinced that it is impossible to just pay some extra to get MOT pass on almost anything.

2 years period for MOT for 3-10 years old cars is surely an obvious idea, isn't that what they have in Europe?

I think it should be every six months myself

[AtW]

I think it should be every six months myself

Are you a carp-shop mechanic?

[Diver]

Are you a carp-shop mechanic?

No, I just think that it would take a considerable amount of unnecessary traffic off our roads.

[AtW]

No, I just think that it would take a considerable amount of unnecessary traffic off our roads.

And that will hit the economy - less taxes will be collected too since a big chunk of them comes from fuel duty.

[Diver]

And that will hit the economy - less taxes will be collected too since a big chunk of them comes from fuel duty.

Simple, quadruple the road tax.

[AtW]

Simple, quadruple the road tax.

It has been increased pretty steaply (sp?) already, hasn't it?

[Diver]

It has been increased pretty steaply (sp?) already, hasn't it?

Yes but increase it more and that will be even more cars off the road. If it costs ten grand a year to keep a car on the road, only a few of us will be using the roads.

[AtW]

It was under the passenger seat...

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