Motor Codes has been running for a year and a half but still only has around 6,000 members. Nearly 5,000 are Franchise Dealers that were put in initially, many probably without their knowledge, this means less than 5% of Independents have taken up the code so far

I think this has fallen far short of Chris's expectations. By asking the Government to make MOT's testing stations join is perhaps a cynical way of boosting Independent Garage membership

If the Government decided to make membership mandatory for ALL garages to join the code before they can trade, then fair enough, but why single out MOT stations?

Voluntary means voluntary

As for the Super Complaint.....well you can make your own mind up about that myth. The Motor Trade is one of the biggest Industries in the UK, from the Aftermarket supplier, Dealers, Independents and Manufacturers employing 100's of thousands of people down the chain, do the Government really want to slap legal legislation on such a big market.......will cost millions and years of legal wrangles, Trading Standards certainly don't have the man power to enforce and police

Peter