Top 10: Big news stories of 2018
From the new MoT rules to confusion over the safety of day time running lights, these are the stories that proved the most newsworthy with HonestJohn.co.uk's 2.3 million readers in 2018.
Government urged to scrap "rip off" MoT
The Adam Smith Institute created headlines in 2018 when it urged the Government to scrap the MoT. The London based think tank labelled mandatory MoT tests as a "rip off", because mechanical failures account for just two per cent of all accidents in the UK.
The Government should bring its policy ‘into the 21st century’ by scrapping the MoT and shifting its focus on driver error. The Institute points toward evidence in the USA where traffic fatality rates have stayed the same, despite many states abolishing vehicle safety inspections.
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