Dicky Ticker

Husky,I would prefer not to name names,perhaps the drivers had been stroppy with the police,who knows, but my friend quoted another instance when somebody had a small nick in the side of a tyre and they would not allow the driver to change to the spare This still cost the driver all the recovery charges and a new mot.
Perhaps its me but I find it a bit underhanded for them to make the MOT void when all the person had to do in this case was change the wheel.
I did find what he was saying extraordinary but he categorically assured me it was common practice for the police concerned and I have no reason to disbelieve him as I know he makes a lucrative living from it. Even he can't believe some of the instances and he owns the recovery firm and a garage,MOT Centre.
He did say that several of the instances he has been involved with would not have been MOT Failures and he is an examiner.
I am aware that a vehicle can be unsafe for other things apart from MOT Items but letting somebody change a wheel or having a windscreen fitted at the roadside seems logical to me where as the recovery and ensuing problems for the drivers seem EXTREMELY harsh for such trivial faults especially as both instances mentioned could happen to us at any time we are driving and rectified as a matter of course