Mr Tyre Ltd operates a number of VOSA approved testing stations.We aim to conduct a fair and accurate test in accordance with the guidelines set out by VOSA.

The need for an MOT certificate

It is generally an offence to use on a public road, a vehicle of testable age that doesn’t have a current test certificate, except when:

1. Taking it to a test station for a test booked in advance.
2. Bringing it away from a test station after it has failed the test, to a place of repair
3. Taking it to or bringing it away from a place where, by previous arrangement, repairs are to be made or have been made to fix the problems that caused the vehicle to fail its test

Your MOT certificate

Your MOT certificate confirms that your vehicle, at the time of its test, (as far as can be reasonably determined without dismantling) met the minimum acceptable environmental and road safety standards required by law. It doesn’t mean that the vehicle is roadworthy for the life of the certificate and isn’t a substitute for regular maintenance.

MOT certificates have changed

The way information is held about MOT tests has changed. Records of test results are now held on a secure central database. This change hasn’t affected your actual MOT test but it has affected the way you check the MOT history.

All MOT testing stations have been connected to the central database. When your vehicle is tested at one of the 'computerised' testing stations your test record will be entered onto the new database and you’ll receive a new style certificate (A4 size).