Biennial MOT testing plan will get push again from Unbiased Storage Affiliation
Plans to introduce biennial MOT testing in Northern Eire, the place there’s a massive backlog of exams required, will put lives in danger and undermine environmental goals, based on the Unbiased Storage Affiliation.
The IGA has formally submitted its response to the Division of Infrastructure’s (DfI) 2025 session concerning the proposed introduction of biennial MOT testing (4-2-2) in Northern Eire.
The session proposes shifting to a two-year cycle, which the IGA argues might result in a big improve in unroadworthy and unsafe autos remaining in use.
The IGA response highlights considerations that greater than 56,000 autos that will have failed an annual MOT might stay on the highway underneath the proposed system, plus advances in automobile expertise, together with advanced security techniques in EVs and hybrids, require diligent consideration and proactive governance, and that biennial testing might considerably delay the identification and restore of emissions glitches, conflicting with the Local weather Change Act (Northern Eire) 2022.
Jonathan Douglass, director of the IGA, mentioned: “Decreasing the frequency of MOT testing is not only a coverage resolution, it’s a public security threat. Information clearly exhibits that tens of 1000’s of autos would keep away from important inspections every year underneath the proposed system. That features high-mileage firm autos and electrical automobiles, that are usually failing their first MOTs at the next price.
“A biennial MOT system would fail to catch these safety-critical points in time, placing lives in danger and undermining environmental targets.”
Douglass concludes, “The IGA urges the DVA to uphold Northern Eire’s sturdy highway security report and environmental commitments by rejecting the proposed transfer to biennial testing.
“A discount in MOT frequency dangers undermining many years of progress in retaining unsafe and environmentally dangerous autos off the highway.”
The IGA is asking for the DVA to prioritise public security and environmental accountability by sustaining the present MOT testing regime.
