From May 2018, 293,000 cars in Britain will be exempt from having an MOT test.
Under new plans, cars over 40 years old won’t have to take the annual road
safety test.
This means around 1.5% of cars in Britain will not have an MOT certificate,
but will be road legal.
The Department for Transport defended the decision from suggestions it was an unsafe move, by saying owners of older cars usually keep them in the good condition and don’t use them regularly enough for an MOT test to be necessary.
