MOT stands for "Ministry of Transport" so an MOT test would be a test to prove a vehicles road worthiness to the ministry in order for it to be considered safe to drive on the road. Though the Ministry of Transport no longer exists the name has stuck. And it is still the official name for the test to this date
An Mot test checks a variety of components to ensure that the car is roadworthy, some of those include;
We do not conduct the MOTs ourselves, we approve each MOT tester and the MOT center that they work at. We also use "secret shoppers" to ensure that the MOT testers are being fair and accurate with their testing and to be able to spot any malpractice