According to VOSA, 40% of cars and 50% of vans fail their MOT at the first attempt. However, nearly half of those failures can be avoided by carrying out a few simple checks before taking your car to be tested. The most common failures are for worn or damaged tyres, light bulbs not working, cracked or missing wing mirrors, split wiper blades and faulty washer jets. All these faults are minor and mainly non mechanical. So let’s start with your car tyres. It’s very easy to visually check your car tyres for wear and tear. A tread depth indicator device is inexpensive and very easy to use. The law in the UK states that car tyres must have a minimum tread depth of 1.6mm in a continuous band around the central three quarters of the tyre. Under...