Opinions No. 3

Major fail for me.

Major here.

stealth did he fail or pass & advice ?  Is the presenter appealing the test result ?  If they are I hope you are backing your tester up ! It's good to have a gamekeeper turned poacher on your side I've got one Pavarotti aka Tony Hicks he was my current VE s boss and in my year's of testing since October 96 I've only given out 2 appeal forms and welcomed them to challenge my test results . They didn't by the way 

I've gone with damaged - major defect. I know that in the past the failure criteria has demanded 'significant' damage to fail, minimum safety standard etc. It does seem we have moved on from that, so my decision reflects the change.

An opinion gives a clearer view of differing ideas with the objective of learning where targeted education etc can be applied

On your CPD log?

There's no point in explaininmg if you don't already know.

Your opinion on the image is all that is required Dynamo.

Any post hijacking will be removed

You'll always have differences of opinions. I think the clue is in the persons status of the MOT Station. What do I mean! Simple, a tester who gets a wage and no bonus is more likely to advise something like that belt, yes its damaged but no its not dangerous. We are not crash testing the vehicle and assessing the belt loaded, we are simply doing a visual inspection. Now the owner of the business is more likely to look at the bills at the end of the week and fail it in my opinion. 

I regret not putting your **decision** in the poll title.

Would it have made any difference- who knows 🤔