Further MoT madness ...

Now the system is computerised, it wont/can't fail, right?

Wrong.

Elly's car ran out of test when she was away, so we knocked it in for
test on her return - and it failed. Some fairly heavy-duty spannering
ensued, the details of which I won't bore you with at this juncture,
and a retest was booked. Apart from it isn't a retest these days,
they have to carry out a full test, not just on the rectification
works.

There hangs the tale, dear reader. I attended the retest (following
the 11th hour frantic bulb-replacing) at the appointed hour. They
couldn't test it, could they? They haven't been able to test
*anything* for 48 hours now ... as "the system is down".

I asked them about the emergency manual option. They were fully
conversant with the system ... but the system requires the tester to
call a given number and announce the fault, the result of the test and
jump through a few hoops before he is allowed to write the
certificate.

Siemens administer the system on behalf of VOSA. The "emergency"
number connects to Siemens. Siemens have a recorded message, advising
that the system is down and no test certs can be issued. And that is
it.

Game over, thanks for playing.

Do not insert coin, the game is fucked.

This is *not* limited to the one station I tried in Flitwick,
apparently ...

 

There you go then, fancy trusting something that needs reliability to the
Krauts!
Siemens I believe look after all the traffic lights as well.

(Although, IIRC Siemens is now owned by Fujitsu!)

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That's truly shit.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip

Give the Beeb news bods a ring, they'll love this kind of shit.

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I thought it had always been a case of 'as soon as it leaves the test
centre, you have to have a full retest'? My understanding was that a test of
the rectification works was only allowed if the garage that tested it had
done the work.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Pip belched forth and ejected the following:

Sounds like a perfect opportunity to get a bent MOT, not that it would
be bent of course, just bought forward.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Monkey belched forth and ejected the following:

Last time I had a MOT done, if you wanted to take it away and do the
work yourself you had to bring it back the same day or else you'd get
charged the full fee and have a full test.

This was only a couple of months ago.

 

IIRC that means there are ex-ICL people in there, enough said.

 

[Snipped Text]

It's a nationwide problem, but that story by the dealer is bollocks.
Their recorded message gives the testing stations authority to break the
seal on their Emergency Testing Pack - which is a pad of hand-written
certificates you can issue in lieu of the real thing.

 

And as rule it depended on the type of item it failed on. ie a bulb was
usually ok to take away and replace.

 

Go on then, who did the deed?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4948224.stm

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On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:47:40 +0100, Pip

It won't be as they're all linked.

This has been going on for 12 months in HGV testing but they can still
do it manually(ish).

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, YTC#1 belched forth and ejected the following:

Mine (Mondeo) failed on rear suspension bushes and a CV boot had come
loose.

 

Correct. When I worked for that ghastly mob, we often bid against FJ for
projects. The Fujitsu Siemens thing is a JV, separately owned. Fujitsu
Services is the rump of ICL. The mob who run things like the MOT is SBS.
Who run the Passport Agency.

Ali

 

That explains it then.
Wouldn't happen to run CSA or the Tax credit systems as well by chance Hmm?

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Tax credit *used* to be EDS. I can't recall off hand who won that off them.
CSA might be Capita, I think they run their call handling. Or is that CRB.

Ali

 

I thought the CSA was EDS?

 

A sad comment on these technophilic times.

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LOL, now that you put it that way.... ))

 

It's the Beeb reading ukrm, innit? It'll be in MCN next week, too,
linked to a story about superchargers.