MOT test certificates are set to change according to transport minister Mike Penning.
The new-look VT20 will incorporate mileage readings from the previous five years. This is an attempt to curb the practice of ‘clocking’ where the correct mileage is deliberately tampered with.
“These measures would give motorists the power to make the right decisions and avoid getting scammed into buying potential death traps,” Mike Penning, the road safety minister told the Daily Telegraph earlier in the month.
“It will also deter those who attempt to defraud law abiding motorists and help to identify organised criminals who will often use clocking alongside more serious offences” the minister added.
If approved, the proposal will take effect from 2013.
The AA has welcomed the proposals. However, a spokesman pointed out that most instances of clocking happen in the first few years of a car’s life, very often before the vehicle has had its first MOT.