摘要: |
When I hear people say that they inspect their vehicles to MOT standards, I wonder. As the MOT determines minimum standards, does this mean that they are only maintaining their vehicles to the minimum? When you are operating a vehicle, it should always be road-legal. If it is taken off the road at any point, it should, with no preparation, be tested and by rights it should pass. In the world of emergency services where I work, vehicles are exempted from the standard MOT rules, but there is a requirement for an annual inspection that is equivalent to the MOT in standards. We have our own testing bay within our in-house fleet facility. As part of our standards, ourtechnicians don't certify their own work. If a vehicle is due its annual inspection after being serviced, we would pass to another member of staff to undertake the check. We don't want to police our own work. We have two systems for quality control. Internally, our maintenance supervisors carry out impromptu inspections to monitor the effectiveness of our in-house maintenance standards. |