There seems to be some movement in the right direction in this matter.
Next year the MOT process will be computerised to deter fraud and give operators more information!
There is no need to rely on a certificate as evidence if a vehicle has passed or failed a test!
The police will be able to check a vehicle from its number plate and see if it has a current mot, see if it has any defects or advisory notices against it and it will also stop the theft of blank MOT certificates.
How simple would it be to include Insurance details on this database.
No Tax, No MOT and No Insurance, and vice versa
Insurance is already on a database which the police can access. Part of a European directive which the UK now complies with.
spaceman:
Insurance is already on a database which the police can access. Part of a European directive which the UK now complies with.
You are probably correct, but there are still too many vehicles on the road without insurance, linking all the databases together will certainly help the police. The MOT database should stop this a little bit.
Yes, but some testers are bent and they get these certificate books. They will get access to this database and carry on just the same wont they? 
Wheelnut wrote;
Next year the MOT process will be computerised to deter fraud and give operators more information!
This is being introduced for cars and LGVs. It is a big step forward as when you go to tax one of these you will be unable to do so unless the vehicle in question appears on the database. Will also mean that Police and VOSA will know MOT status of a vehicle when it is checked at the roadside. Currently VOSA have access to test status of HGVs and PSVs at their roadside checksites.
Ralliesport wrote;
Yes, but some testers are bent and they get these certificate books. They will get access to this database and carry on just the same wont they?
True. But to use the system a tester will have to have a ‘smart card’ and individual password. Possibly less likely to enter fraudulent details if it can be traced back to a specific individual.
Wheelnut wrote;
You are probably correct, but there are still too many vehicles on the road without insurance, linking all the databases together will certainly help the police.
What would really help is the Courts dishing out some meaningful fines and the cars being confiscated and crushed, as per the initiative undertaken in South Yorkshire and shown on BBC’s Traffic Cops. Where is the incentive to get insurance when the insurance costs £ 350 and the fine is only £125 in some cases? Sorry, rant over, uninsured driver cost me a bike, at least I wasn’t injured…