Diesel mot emission scandal

Mark_24

I have studied and understand the rules of the May 2018 mot.

On the subject of diesel emissions I have 2 issues.
Firstly as of May 18 the vehicle must be tested to the plated value where present, yet when leaving the factory the EU law (regulation 34) allows a 0.5 tolerance to be added to the plate value at end of line test.

So a car could be built and sold which met end of line legal requirement, but would not pass the 2018 mot.

How can this be?

Secondly although the rules changed to remove dirtier cars from the road, using the plated value may hit nominally cleaner cars more.

Consider 2008 Vauxhall (a neighbour’s) plate value 0.5, and a 2008 Volvo (another neighbour’s) plated 1.33.

If the Vauxhall tests at 0.6 it fails, whereas the Volvo may test at 1.20 and pass. So a car making twice the pollution is allowed on the road and the lesser car is not.

Its madness.

Cetshwayo

Not if the plate has wee accident before you get it MOT'd in 2018 and that number is missing or scratched then the number isn't present and doesn't go in to the system and you end up on the default limits.. If however it has already been MOT'd this year then its too late!

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mot-changes-from-may-2018-guidance-for-mot-testers/diesel-vehicle-emission-limits

Grey_Critic

Forget about trying to fiddle the figures. The vehicle will be on the DVLA records and they will show the type approval details which will include emmissions values for that vehicle/model. You can study the ruling as much as you want but the vehicle must comply with current legislation. Vehicles built prior to a certain date will either be exempt or subject to different emmission values. If in doubt contact the DVLA - remeber it is an offence to falsify readings to obtain an MOT certificate which would alsso void your insurance cover. Your pockets are not as deep as VW. Incidently defacing or removing the plate is also an offence in law.

Cetshwayo

Grey_Critic wrote: »

Forget about trying to fiddle the figures. The vehicle will be on the DVLA records and they will show the type approval details which will include emmissions values for that vehicle/model.

Not what it says on the guidance sheet.

You must test to these default values if theres no emission value on the manufacturers plate or you cant find it.

Richard53

Grey_Critic wrote: »

remeber it is an offence to falsify readings to obtain an MOT certificate which would alsso void your insurance cover.

Can you provide a link to the legislation that the bold bit refers to? I'm pretty sure there isn't any.

onomatopoeia99

Grey_Critic wrote: »

If in doubt contact the DVLA - remeber it is an offence to falsify readings to obtain an MOT certificate which would alsso void your insurance cover.

Insurers can't avoid third party liability. s148 Road Traffic Act 1988 applies.

What they can do (maybe) is not pay out the damage to own vehicle on a fully comp policy, but they'd struggle if it went before FoS and the emissions weren't a contributory factor to the accident.