Don't get caught out: Here's what you could be fined up to £2,500 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.
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Hide AdHundreds of thousands of cars will no longer need an MOT from May 2018Tougher checks have been introduced covering a number of defects.
What the new MOT test categories meanPromoted by Hyundai 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
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- Emission control equipment
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