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GW puts your MOT questions to the DVSA The agency has made significant changes to the MOT in the last 12 months and there’s more developments to come too. With so much going on, GW has put your questions to the DVSA.
or respond to any technical questions.” Others weren’t so negative but were keen for the agency to explain more. Dave of Queensway Garage in Horsham, asked: “Will each card be unique to each tester or will all the cards be the same? A NEW MOT card, which works similar to an “At the moment no one knows my pin online banking security card, is to replace number but me; with this card anyone can the current PIN system later this year. generate a pin using the card?” Users will have to press a button on the Lee Heywood asked: “Will we be getting front of the card to generate a unique sixa spare card like before and will DVSA be digit PIN needed to log in to the MOT testing funding replacements when they fail?" service. In response to the many questions put forward, a DVSA statement obtained by GW explained that the new card will make the system “At the moment no one knows more secure and that feedback from early trials had been “positive”. my pin number but me; with this The agency said: “We have card anyone can generate a pin carried out two trials so far, the first was with six vehicle testing station's using the card?” (VTS) with a total of 37 users, this trial was testing the delivery and activation of cards. “We had a further trial later in the year Commenting on the DVSA’s announcement with 11 VTS's and 72 users where we tested of the new cards, GW reader, Andrew Jones card delivery, activation and the lost/damaged said: "I can guarantee when these fail, which process. they will, we will again be left on our own with DVSA staff not even able to answer the phone “We have also been out to many VTS's with
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