I know that the government have extended the MOT for six months with the caveat that you must keep your vehicle in a safe and roadworthy condition .
That doesn’t apply where I live , if I was a DVSA enforcement official or a traffic copper , I could now retire on the commission from the fines or just take a bribe or cash , like the European police did 30 years ago .
This is what I see daily , builders vans towing trailers with plant such as mini diggers , road rollers , cement mixers with one piece of rope to secure their load , contractors are the same .
Overloaded vans and cars , the clue is the wheel arches touching the wheels , so no braking or cornering efficiency .
Cars towing trailers with no number plate or no lighting equipment attached , so no brake lights .
Cars and vans that have gone to B&Q to buy planks of wood or piping that sticks out the passenger window by five feet, great for hitting the heads of pedestrians .
Motorbikes with illegal exhaust pipes and no indicators and rear view mirrors , mostly dirt bikes or off road but annoying and noisy .
Drivers of flat bed loads who couldn’t be bothered to strap their load , the same for building merchant firms , and no ■■■■■■■■ their Hi-Ab crane.
Sorry to be a bore , all vehicle type drivers who can’t be bothered to wear a seat belt .
This very morning coming through the village, Mk4 Transit twin-wheel dropside, home-made wire mesh side extensions loaded up to the gills (and beyond) with old exercise bikes, ironing boards, washing machines, fridges and a host of other metallic junk, crewed by a chappie, his missus and two sprogs (all exempt from seat belt laws, naturally). As sometimes happens when loads aren’t secured, things fall off - in this case a full-size fridge freezer. Laddo stops, tries throwing the item back on, then pulls out a few smaller bits of junk to make room for it. Once back on the truck, he drives off leaving a few bits on the pavement - and still no ropes over the load. Conveniently for him the back number plate was missing off the Transit, so I couldn’t report him, but at least the old-type TV stand on castors that he dumped came in useful. With a bit of cutting and welding,it’s now a trolley for my toolbox. The rest of his cast-offs will be going to the dump when it re-opens. He was lucky there was no-one behind him at the time, and never a copper around when you need one.
I forgot to add the four different 4x4 's with noisy wheel bearings , that require immediate attention , but no traffic police anymore due to government cuts .
I also saw a scrap car in the back of flat bed van , the car held in with a broken ratchet strap through the front windows of the car , the strap was serrated .