Sounds good to me. Untaxed and uninsured drivers are an absolute menace to all us legit motorists. If they are breaking those rules, what else are they are up to; no MOT, unroadworthy and therefore dangerous vehicle, unregistered (stolen from factory, etc) vehicle, etc, etc. 
Let the police catch all of them and may the courts impose realistic penalties!

I think the first M.o.T's came about in 1960 .Only needed for cars 10 years and older.No wonder we had cars running around with the canvas showing through their tyres.

Don't remember there ever being a 10 year testing scale (sure it was always 3 years due to the limited life of cars in those days, but anyway even in 1971 MOT's were a doddle to pass.
My 11 year old Austin A40 (this 1960 car had at least 3 previous MOT's that came with it) passed at SG Smith's Garage in Downham, Bromley, with cross members under both passenger and driver seats rotted away, sills filled with newspaper and covered by painted aluminum. When you jacked the car up, if the jacking point held, the floor panels, wheels, engine, stayed on the floor whilst the body itself lifted up! During it's MOT the car was just lifted on a ramp, an inspector taped the unside of the chassis with a little hammer, then after taking the vehicle out and testing it with a brake meter, along with a visual inspection of lights, wipers, horn, tyres, etc., he simply said "It's passed darling!"

For a broke 17 year old, who was just about keeping the engine and running gear going herself by often laying under it, over it, in the dark, during freezing cold or wet weather and soaked to the skin, they were wonderful words

Safety just did not come into it!

Indeed it was common for such cars to be legally travelling the streets, and if they hit something just simply fall apart panel by panel, wheel by wheel! We were young though, and indistructable. Happy days!
