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10/12/2008
The UK's road worthiness tests are to remain unchanged, Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick has confirmed.
Under current rules, passenger cars must undergo their first MOT three years from new, and be retested annually thereafter.
However, the 2006 Davidson review into EU regulation in the UK recommended the adoption of more relaxed European rules, which require the first test after four years and retesting every two years thereafter.
Explaining the decision to Parliament, Fitzpatrick said there was a "very real risk" that reducing the frequency of MOTs would cause more accidents and casualties.
"This is primarily because the annual MOT failure rate is already high - around 35%," he said.
"If we were to reduce test frequency there is a very real risk that the number of un-roadworthy cars would increase significantly.
"Clearly any significant increase in road traffic accidents or in the number of road casualties would be a wholly unacceptable outcome."
Commenting on the decision, the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) welcomed "an end to several years of uncertainty," but said that questions remained unanswered regarding the quality of MOTs.
"The UK posts one of the highest MOT failure rates in Europe," said IAM Trust director Neil Greig.
"The Government may have made the right decision on safety grounds but it has yet to prove that consumers are getting value for money."
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