Found this rather amusing

the sun yesterday page 9 I think

We need to get back the ability to access the test station ID . In the past I have called a few to tell them about things I have seen that are either minor faults I have found or occasionally blatantly obvious wonky test results . Having access and info that helps us contact eachother helps us to police ourselves without getting 'the ministry' involved . Any AE would appreciate a call from another VTS letting them know about things that look wrong rather than a knock on the office door by a concerned VE . We can often see signs early and act on it without fighting through red tape simply by checking MOT history before we begin a test .

shouldn't abuse the manual advisory facility else we might lose it then were would we be?.

You don't do many duplicates then, Need V5 for Duplicates of tests not done at your VTS

How did it manage to get past the profanity checker?

During my time as a tester, I couldn't even log a "Screw in a tyre".


I do hope that DVSA will do as they say in today's Notification: Misuse of manual advisory function, and deal with the tester who thought "this vehicle presenter looks like a right cnut" appropriately.