Interesting thread.
Like it or not we are all heading inexorably into deep Big Brother.
There are a lot of differences here in Spain to the UK. As I have said before the EU boffins are busy trying to harmonise all these differences. God knows what the end result will actually be. Here are a few.
Vans and commercial vehicles have a six monthly MOT.
MOT centres are government run. They only do MOT's.
Modified cars in any shape or form have a hard time getting an MOT.( They rejected my Elite's 225 tyres until I produced the vehicle handbook to show that the car was produced at the factory like that)
Cars have an MOT every two years till they are ten then it is annually
Tow Bars are particularly well scrutinised at MOT.
Trailers now have log books ( same format as cars) and have VIN numbers
I don't know about caravans but farm trailers above a certain size have to have an MOT and obviously a V5. I presume caravans also have MOT's
The MOT is every bit as strict if not stricter than the UK.
The MOT valid to sticker has to be shown in the windscreen. !!!!
The vehicle documents (V5, MOT, receipt for insurance, insurance and receipt for car tax equivalent) have to be carried on board at all times. If you are stopped and don't have one or more they can and do fine you. No leeway to produce said item within five days as used to apply in Britain maybe still does.
It is a shame but today is the golden age of motoring. It is all downhill from now on. The sooner we are all engaged in tractor beams and being automatically debited money as we read/smoke/sleep whilst travelling to our destination the sooner the mandarins can rest happy in their beds.
olive
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