If your car is older than three years, an annual MOT is a mandatory test that validates your vehicle’s roadworthiness. When you book your MOT though, do you know exactly what the procedure entails?

Drivers have been alerted to a MOT test change that may soon be made mandatory. The DVSA has been trialling a new requirement where testers take a photograph of a vehicle going through its MOT and ...

One-year temporary exemption certificates (TEC) are to be introduced in Northern Ireland in a bid to reduce MOT waiting times. Around 115,000 cars will be eligible for the TECs under plans announced ...

The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) is launching a consultation, external on whether MoT tests for some private cars, motorcycles and light goods vehicles should be changed to every two years. The ...

11:46, Thu, Apr 17, 2025 Updated: 11:52, Thu, Apr 17, 2025 A major MOT test update being considered by officials has been described as a “safety risk” by garage specialists. The Independent Garage ...

New MOT rules have been introduced today in a move that could impact thousands of testing garages across the UK. From today, Friday, January 9, 2026, new changes have been added to the MOT testing ...

Reducing required MOT testing for vehicles in Northern Ireland from every year to every two years is being considered. Stormont Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd said that, with modern vehicles ...