Don't get caught out: Here's what you could be fined for under the new MOT rules

The new rules state that car owners can be fined up to £2,500 if their vehicle has an invalid MOT - but nine in 10 surveyed did not realise the penalty was so high, while a quarter were unaware they could be fined at all.

Hundreds of thousands of cars will no longer need an MOT from May 2018

Tougher checks have been introduced covering a number of defects.

What the new MOT test categories mean

The issues that will be checked in the new MOT test

- Cab steps

- Cab security

- Undertray security

- Prop shafts

- Noise suppression material

- Rear drive shafts on all vehicles

- Daytime running lights on vehicles first used from March 2018

- Bumper security and condition

- Front fog lights on vehicles first used from March 2018

- Floor condition

- Engine malfunction indicator lamp

- Fluid leaks posing an environmental risk

- Reversing lights on vehicles first used from September 2009

- Emission control equipment