In case, like me, you don’t/didn’t know:
The MOT test (or simply MOT) is an annual test of vehicle safety, roadworthiness aspects and exhaust emissions required in the United Kingdom for most vehicles over three years old.
It’s still wild to me that any developed nation DOESNT have mandatory road worthiness inspections.
You should check out some of the state rules in the US. Some are strict, others don’t even exist
Texas in the US just got rid of safety inspections this year. They still do emissions testing for cars newer than 25 years, but it is up to the county and most rural counties don’t.
We also have this regular inspection. Doesn’t apply to new cars, the first time is when the car is 4 years old, then every 2 years until 8, then its every year.
There’s a nice benefit to it - they keep the history of how many km the car has in total at that point. You can check this when buying a used car to see if anyone fiddled with the odometer, any big changes should be really obvious.
Melbourne, Australia: Zero inspections ever.
I purchased a used car a decade ago and I have never had a mechanic service it or inspect it. I had a proper shop do a head gasket swap 5 years ago and I legit think I could have done a better job just reading the workshop manual and having a go.
It won’t get forced into a roadworthy check unless a cop pulls me over for something super obvious like smoke billowing out the side.
I know someone who bought a car second-hand and onsold it 5 years later with the same oil that was originally in it.
I’m a bit confused by this. When I bought a used car in Melbourne around 6 years ago I had to get a roadworthy check done I in order to get it registered. So maybe the law has changed since you bought yours?
It also says you need one if you buy a used vehicle:
You’ll need a roadworthy certificate (RWC or ‘roadworthy’) when selling a car, re-registering it, or clearing some defect notices.
I remember it beeing quite a pain, too. I bought the car and had to register it online (temporal for 24 h) to move it home. Cost me 50 AUD to do so. Then I had to move it to the roadworthy test a couple km of days later = another 50 AUD. But my battery was dead and I couldn’t move it. So 50 AUD wasted. Didn’t get them back, since you need to cancel a registion 24 hours in advance. Second time and another 50 AUD later I drove it to the roadworthy ckeck. Needed to change some minor stuff, took them a couple of days. The mechanic tooed my vehicle to my home so I didn’t have to pay another 50 AUD to move it back once he was done. But I had to pay another 50 AUD to move it to the registration place.
So I payed 200 AUD on top just to get the bloody thing registerd. On a car that I payed 300 bucks for. Fucking moneysucking fuckers.
Seems for EU it’s mandatory for all members
The EU Directive 2014/45 of April 3, 2014 mandates all member states to carry out periodic safety and emission (roadworthiness) inspections for most types of motor vehicles including passenger cars, light and heavy goods vehicles, trailers, tractors with designed speed exceeding 40 km/h and, from 1 January 2022, motorcycles with engine displacement over 125 cm3
In the US they’re normally called car inspections, if the state/county even has them (yes, we’re monsters over here more and more).
Why would you need to talk to anyone for an annual test? Is it typical to try and upsell a repair, like in the cheap oil change places? All the inspection centers I’ve ever used they want you in and out, and the most they’ll try to sell is a replacement wiper or bulb because what you have won’t pass. They just ask if you want to pay for it installed now to pass or come back later after you do it.
Not really. In California it’s called a smog check
And many American states do not have any kind of mandatory inspection
The UK MOT covers a lot more than just emissions. The vehicle needs to have appropriate tyre tread, windscreen in safe working order, no check engine light, etc. And mileage is recorded to reduce potential for fraud. Many other things are checked.
US state inspections are all that too. Emissions is actually the first thing to expire being checked on older cars, since it becomes impossible to maintain the standards as parts age. Also new cars (3 years or less) are exempt from the emissions check/charge (in my state anyway) I guess because it’s assumed they are working as designed.
Again, this is if they even do them. And while I don’t agree with it, I can see some areas eliminating emissions for some reasons. But you can tell places that don’t do inspections at all, because the cars on the road can be very questionable from even a novice if they are safe to be around at speed. Why basic safety issues isn’t a federal thing mandated to all is beyond me.
In my memory, they will get you to try and do a brake fluid change, a transmission fluid change (if your car does those), steering fluid, expensively change your air filters, swap brake pads, pay for rotor something-or-other, bla bla bla.
Some people drop money because they don’t want to NOT do something important, and they don’t know any better.
I was wondering how a car could get a Message Of The Day. I use Arch btw.
Apparently,
The name derives from the Ministry of Transport,[5] a defunct government department, which was one of several ancestors of the current Department for Transport, but is still officially used.
I work in cyber security and have gotten to work with some very talented female engineers. It’s always shocking to me the amount of disrespect some third party will display towards them. Like talking down or whatever.
What’s also entertaining is watching my coworkers absolutely destroy these ass hats.
I’m studying cybersecurity and there are barely any women, but our directors are always encouraging them to participate and speak more. I’m friends with some of them and they hardly encounter anyone hostile. There are some men that speak behind their backs, but I’m glad a lot of people defend them and are open about their stance against sexism and misogyny. It’d always funny when anyone says something sexist and everyone around responds making fun of them or just ignoring them and leaving them alone on their comments.
Of course, it’s not perfect, but I’m glad that it’s getting better. Also, women were the whole top 3 or 5 of all students in our faculty lol
Yea I’ve never understood the negative reaction to working with women in cyber security but those people are losers anyway.
On another note, how are you liking cyber security? Any questions? Concerns? Areas you’re interested in?
As an older woman studying cybersecurity as well, it is very good to hear this from y’all.
Not who you asked but, I’m still early on and have heard I should go ahead and start some certifications on my own. Suggestions on the first few possibly from someone in the field?
Yea I’ve never understood the negative reaction to working with women in cyber security
The ND boys who got bullied by girls for being little creepy weirdos got into tech as a replacement for a sex life, grew up creepy about it, can’t be normal when the thing that they replaced in their lives is suddenly back and fucking with said replacement
Source: I was one of the ND boys getting bullied for being a creepy little weirdo and got into tech, but I learned how not to be such a creepy little weirdo from the bullying and managed to make a friend and learn and grow. Others… Don’t. Having known many of them closely, only some of them can be forgiven for this lack of decency
And they certainly look like losers lol
Hmm, I’m liking it very much. I’ve been self-hosting as part of my learning journey so I can understand better the things I learn and apply them. Right now I’m concerned with people replacing security roles with AI, but it’s México and we’re so behind in cybersecurity I think I can worry later. I want to go into GRC or auditing, any tips?
I like a lot of different areas, I’m thinking about following one of my teachers ideas and also offer freelance monitoring solutions. I try to learn a bit of everything so I can stay ready :)
BTW, if you know any software that’s very used so I can start checking out, I’d be glad to hear about it. I know the FOSS alternatives are not that common and that’s what I have to use rn
I’m going to press (X) for Doubt.
I’ve been watching F1 for decades, and I can’t remember there ever being a chief mechanic who is female. In addition, there was a lot of press a year ago about the first female mechanic in F1. Not chief mechanic, just mechanic.
Also, for those who don’t know, the mechanics in F1 are also the pit crew. The person who decides when it’s safe for the car to leave the box after the tires are changed is typically the chief mechanic. They used to be known as “the lollipop man” because they carried a sign at the end of a long pole that they used to tell the driver when to leave the pit box. These days they use a digital stoplight sort of device, so they’re not literally standing out in front of the car anymore, but they’re still near the front holding a signalling box. The lollipop man / chief mechanic is a very visible position in F1, and a female chief mechanic would have definitely drawn a lot of attention.
This guy says that he knows nothing about cars. Could he have been referring to someone who was an important mechanic but not the chief mechanic? Sure. Could he have meant Formula 2 or some other racing formula instead of Formula 1? Sure. Could this just be a bullshit story made up for internet points? Yes. I really don’t think there has been a female chief mechanic of an F1 team yet. But, if I’m wrong, I’m certainly interested in who it is/was.
once some middle aged lady came up to me in public and asked me for help to pick what oil she should buy at a gas station for her car. I have never driven a car in my life so I asked why she wouldnt just ask the person workin in the gas station and her answer was: “cuz shes a woman”.
i hate this shit. when its my wife’s decision to get/do something, she always starts the conversation but the person regularly turns and talks to me.
i dont know what the fuck my wife wants, im here as arm candy. you deal with her.
i had to tell the same salesman this 4 times in the same 2 minute conversation when we went to pep boys.
Your first mistake was going to Pep Boys. Maybe just me (I have a longstanding vendetta against them), but they are the worst of the auto parts chains.
Napa or O’Reilly’s. AutoZone and AAP only exist for me if I can abuse their online coupons. Pep boys may as well not exist.
There’s a test my job does where during a interview, if the candidate doesn’t address the woman at the table or answer her questions, they don’t get hired.
That experience really gave insights to those subtle red flags.
Wife and I do that now to every single service we meet. We both walk up to the counter, I don’t say a god damn thing and my wife starts speaking. And if they start responding only to me, we leave.
