I can barely believe this, I was there its not a wind up.....
My dad took his 5 year old corolla for service and MOT its only done 31,000 miles.

When he picked it up they said in truth it should have failed, why ??????
Was it the brakes ? no
Wast it the steering no

Well what was it??

you will love this....
You are not allowed to have anything hanging from the rear view mirror " we have removed your air freshener and placed it in the glove box. If we had left it would be a fail!!!!

I want to swear and rant and rip the half witted idiot who came up with this ones lungs out.

Kev

yep, i did my work expierence at a local garage and if you leave your satnav thing on the windscreen it could fail because its obstructing your view.

Im not saying i agree with it... jsut that ive heard it before

Could be worse, could have not has the bs mark on the number plates........

And quite right too. I've crashed twice swerving to avoid my magic tree......

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And quite right too. I've crashed twice swerving to avoid my magic tree......

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They are only doing there job dude. They don't make the rules, they just follow them.clicky

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And quite right too. I've crashed twice swerving to avoid my magic tree......

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ive had exactly the same at one of my MOT's... i had some furry dice ( classy i know ) hanging from my rear view mirror, and they removed them because they "obstructed the drivers view"

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ive had exactly the same at one of my MOT's... i had some furry dice ( classy i know ) hanging from my rear view mirror, and they removed them because they "obstructed the drivers view"

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I'm sorry, but I just gotta play devils advocate, here. The main reason is that in either circumstance the MOT tester gets into trouble. The reason for this is that according to the Vehicle Inspectorate, SO SORRY VOSA, you must test the vehicle as presented, and as such the MOT tester if he removes the said hanging item is in breach of his test regulations because you are not allowed to remove, refit, or replace items as you go. Therefore the MOT testers ONLY option is to issue a failure ticket.

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Originally posted by Davey D
ive had exactly the same at one of my MOT's... i had some furry dice ( classy i know ) hanging from my rear view mirror, and they removed them because they "obstructed the drivers view"

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Ok here is the script.

Your car is in the MOT station on the ramp having it's MOT done.
Mr exam from VOSA is sitting in his car with his litlle laptop across the road loged in the central VOSA database checking what car the MOT tester in the garage is just testing.
Big fairy dice hanging on the rear view mirror of your car and the mot tester thinks to him self..........oh well is only a fairy dice ....well leave it there it be ok..... I don't want to upset my customer.
The MOT tester finish the the MOT test on your vehicle and has failed on nothing else so goes ahead and prinds the pass.....thank you very much sir here your new MOT certificate have a nice day. Mean while Mr MOT exam has allready jumped out of his car after he has seen the resolts of your car pass of your vehicle and he stops you and says to you.....sorry sir I am from VOSA and I would like to have your vehicle reexamed on the same MOT station.....nothing to worry just a spot check really........oh that a nice pair of fairy dice hanging on your rear view mirror...........aheam........
You tell me now who is in the F......g poo here.....you or the MOT tester that has left them there so he want upset his customer. Yep the tester is pulled on one side has his wrist slaped and get's his penalty points.....after so many points the tester is unable to test again and possibly loosing his job..........and all that because he din't want to upset his customer.

F...K THAT.

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I have a friend who's son was knocked down by his grandfather who's view of the road was obscured by...furry dice!

adrian

If you read the instructions for Garmin satnavs you will see that in quite a few US states you are not allowed to use windscreen sucker mounts because they obscure the driver's vision - you can be stopped by the police for using them.

IMHO, anyone who puts furry dice on their mirror deserves all they get! Hanging's too good for them!



[Edited on 11/6/09 by David Jenkins]

Hanging's too good for furry dice?? WTF are you suposed to do with them??

Smart-arse!

Like I said to start with nanny state ! my mot tester puts a VOSA issued sticker on the inside of the windscreen to remind you of when your test is due. Wonder if this is classed as blocking you view. What a completley mental state this country is in IMHO of course

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Like I said to start with nanny state ! my mot tester puts a VOSA issued sticker on the inside of the windscreen to remind you of when your test is due. Wonder if this is classed as blocking you view. What a completley mental state this country is in IMHO of course

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Smart-arse!

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IMHO, anyone who puts furry dice on their mirror deserves all they get! Hanging's too good for them!

Hanging's too good for furry dice?? WTF are you suposed to do with them??

Smart-arse!

Thanks. I've been working out.....

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Originally posted by wrigglypig
Like I said to start with nanny state ! my mot tester puts a VOSA issued sticker on the inside of the windscreen to remind you of when your test is due. Wonder if this is classed as blocking you view. What a completley mental state this country is in IMHO of course

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