Garage wire magazine

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There is not enough of them ! To pay for by the taxpayer 

[Dynamo]

The police are not the way to move forwards. Recently a uniformed police officer was using his patrol car on Facebook explaining his understanding about tyres.I forget now exactly what he said, but when he got to the part about tread depth and the reasoning depth was there, he'd not got a clue about the correct understanding of it. 

DVSA have just started trialing their own DVSA cars for street patrolling. We'll have to see where that leads, but should be better than the police, who are mainly wannabees and DVSA staff have training and experience where they don't.

[Ben (formerly spamgoo)]

Dec 24, 2023 14:07:45 GMT 1 Dynamo said:

The police are not the way to move forwards. Recently a uniformed police officer was using his patrol car on Facebook explaining his understanding about tyres.I forget now exactly what he said, but when he got to the part about tread depth and the reasoning depth was there, he'd not got a clue about the correct understanding of it. 

DVSA have just started trialing their own DVSA cars for street patrolling. We'll have to see where that leads, but should be better than the police, who are mainly wannabees and DVSA staff have training and experience where they don't.

Imagine if mot testers were employed to patrol looking for potential dangerous vehicles, most of us have a pretty good 6th sense for identifying absolute bangers, and it would possibly also then identify dodgy tests if done recently.

[Dynamo]

Dec 27, 2023 9:53:17 GMT 1 Ben (formerly spamgoo) said:

Dec 24, 2023 14:07:45 GMT 1 Dynamo said:

The police are not the way to move forwards. Recently a uniformed police officer was using his patrol car on Facebook explaining his understanding about tyres.I forget now exactly what he said, but when he got to the part about tread depth and the reasoning depth was there, he'd not got a clue about the correct understanding of it. 

DVSA have just started trialing their own DVSA cars for street patrolling. We'll have to see where that leads, but should be better than the police, who are mainly wannabees and DVSA staff have training and experience where they don't.

Imagine if mot testers were employed to patrol looking for potential dangerous vehicles, most of us have a pretty good 6th sense for identifying absolute bangers, and it would possibly also then identify dodgy tests if done recently.

Yes but will never happen. I've learned over my lifetime that a person must have a certain type of character to work for Govrnment agencies. When they know you know what your looking for, they go elsewhere and target easier prey. 

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Dec 27, 2023 9:53:17 GMT 1 Ben (formerly spamgoo) said:

Dec 24, 2023 14:07:45 GMT 1 Dynamo said:

The police are not the way to move forwards. Recently a uniformed police officer was using his patrol car on Facebook explaining his understanding about tyres.I forget now exactly what he said, but when he got to the part about tread depth and the reasoning depth was there, he'd not got a clue about the correct understanding of it. 

DVSA have just started trialing their own DVSA cars for street patrolling. We'll have to see where that leads, but should be better than the police, who are mainly wannabees and DVSA staff have training and experience where they don't.

Imagine if mot testers were employed to patrol looking for potential dangerous vehicles, most of us have a pretty good 6th sense for identifying absolute bangers, and it would possibly also then identify dodgy tests if done recently.

We can't do that no legal powers only DVSA or the police with the VDRs We testers only have the yearly mandated MOT Test as per the instructions regulations from dvsa to do our bit but I found that the CEO of a named national Halfords was trying to drum up business with tyre sales 😀😀 that's just the clinic in ME 😁😁

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Dynamo you might like this right year's ago mate of mine wanted a TEST on a Saturday back at Camp Monday he started doing our job fixing car's to fixing Tornado s for the RAF tested his car needed 2 front tyres but legal for MOT requirements on OUR way home one route to ATS Burnley for 2 New ones  we got stopped by a lad in a Mini Metro  ( NO laughing at the back  )  on the motorway tried to do my mate for 2 illegal tyres that is just tested 

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Once I educated the idiot mate got New tyres and said I'll see 👀you in a year or so 3 months later the Tornados he fixes were preparing for the start of the 1st gulf war when he was stationed in Bahrain