Three million cars wrongly pass MOT, report finds

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Up to three million potentially dangerous cars are being allowed back on the road after being wrongly passed in MOT inspections, a DVSA report has recently found.

The report, conducted by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, found that nearly one in five vehicles which passed the test last year shouldn't be on the road. This means that 18.1 per cent of the 27.48 million vehicles on the road today should have failed their test, due to faults missed in brakes, steering and tyres.

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