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MOT brake light question

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  • Gene_Hunt_2
    Gene_Hunt_2 Posts: 3,902 Forumite
    mikey72 wrote: »
    Nope.
    .


    Reg 18 Schedule1.
  • Stigy
    Stigy Posts: 1,581 Forumite
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    Gene_Hunt wrote: »
    Rear fogs are part of the MOT test.
    Yes, but I was refering to spot lights, which would be at the front of the car, would they not? I never mentioned rear foglamps. I presumed by 'spot' lights we were talking about the type of lights rally cars have at the front of them, to illuminate the road to a higher intensity, albeit on a legal scale (not as bright).
  • mcjordi
    mcjordi Posts: 4,238 Forumite
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    Neighnour is an MOT tester and said High level brake light isnt tested, same as front fogs/rear wash wipe..
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  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    Gene_Hunt wrote: »
    Reg 18 Schedule1.

    18(1) Every part of every braking system and of the means of operation thereof fitted to a vehicle shall be maintained in good and efficient working order and be properly adjusted.

    Without prejudice to paragraph (3), where a vehicle is fitted with an anti-lock braking system ('the ABS'), then while the vehicle is completing a journey at the beginning of which the ABS was operating correctly or is being driven to a place where the ABS is to undergo repairs, any fault in the ABS shall be disregarded for the purposes of paragraph (1).

    ?
  • only_mee
    only_mee Posts: 2,367 Forumite
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    mcjordi wrote: »
    Neighnour is an MOT tester and said High level brake light isnt tested, same as front fogs/rear wash wipe..
    Same as i know it to be.
  • HiTo
    HiTo Posts: 106 Forumite
    mcjordi wrote: »
    Neighnour is an MOT tester and said High level brake light isnt tested, same as front fogs/rear wash wipe..

    http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_120.htm

    Read the first line under information :)
  • joyfull
    joyfull Posts: 861 Forumite
    edited 11 January 2011 at 9:27AM
    Thanks for all the replies.

    OH had a look at the lights in question to see if it was easily fixable but it looked very time consuming & tricky to get 'at' the bulbs. I might phone the garage who is doing my MOT on friday to ask them if it would be a fail. Don't want to bring their attention to it, but obviously don't want a fail.

    They failed me once on a defective windscreen wiper which I had JUST replaced with a new one, and when I asked for the 'old' one back they had 'thrown it away'. Was not happy, however, there are new staff there now.


    UPDATE
    Just phoned garage & spoke to MOT tester. Would not be a fail.
    "Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.”
  • joyfull
    joyfull Posts: 861 Forumite
    Just a final update. Car passed MOT - good ol' 10 yr old rover 25 - well maintained! He even kindly fitted new bulbs FOC.

    The brake light thing, confirmed by MOT tester, was that 50% of the lights in question had to be working for it to pass the MOT.
    "Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.”
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