Resigning as a tester

The scheme owns you for life mate haha

I can't help with the resignation problem Peter, but you are the third person this week that I know is leaving the Mot scheme. I wonder how many aren't taking the test this year, I know there is quite a percentage that only have seven days remaining.
All the best for the future and I hope you don't get bored to quickly.

peter I think that is a good as  your gonna get !! You have not been suspended or struck off  for bringing the test scheme in to disrepute enjoy your retirement ! But don't retire from the forum Rocket Ronnie

There are two local testing stations near me that are not going to take this year’s exam 
they said fed up not being able to keep mechanics and get replacement mechanics 
Nobody wants to now they have decided to close up the end of this month.

Many thanks to all of you (especially wally and rocket, we go back a way don't we?) who have replied. But it's interesting that although I have a pretty good reason for packing it in, being 73 and due to a stroke having lost my driving licence which I know doesn't TOTALLY mean I can't test, that others don't wish to either. I've leased my workshop to a local chap who wanted bigger and better premises (mine are superb even if I do say so myself!) but although he will get there he has had to jump through so many DVSA hoops that his original criminal record check (which was clear!) has expired so he has to get another. As I said he will get the authorisation I'm sure but with test stations in decline why do they make it so hard?
In the meantime he's continuing to do what he's done for the last 13 years and take his tests to a local test station but that owner is well into his 70's as well so how long can that go on?
I know I tend to rant but as my wife always says my catchphrase about the UK (of which I was proud to be a citizen!) has become NOTHING WORKS!

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