mozza Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Got turned away from an appointed MOT Test today due to massive computer systems failure ,pissed me right off , what else can we expect to go wrong in this computer age ? MOT meltdown: Thousands of motorists face being forced off the road after a new government system failed, leaving garages unable to issue certificates Garage owners complain that a new computer system keeps crashing Motorists may find it hard to get their cars tested due to computer glitchThe DVSA, responsible for the MOT system have been called 'incompetent' However garage owners have been advised of 'contingency plans' By RAY MASSEY FOR THE DAILY MAILPUBLISHED: 19:52, 19 August 2015 | UPDATED: 20:56, 19 August 2015 2.5kshares546View commentsMillions of motorists risk being forced off the road - or to drive illegally - after major glitches in a new multi-million Government computer system left thousands of garages unable to issue valid MoT certificates.Furious garages owners across Britain complained of ‘incompetence’ as they reported how the system had failed over recent days with some describing it as an ‘MoT meltdown’Drivers are being turned away from garages because the new online system can’ t cope - first crashing completely and then running slowly – leaving their cars at risk of being without a valid certificate to be on the road, say garage owners.Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3203845/MOT-meltdown-Thousands-motorists-face-forced-road-new-government-failed-leaving-garages-unable-issue-certificates.html#ixzz3jzXlvyHY Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I know you're pissed off but do you have to shout in your poll at this time? You'll wake my neighbours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashz09 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Working in a office Paperless is the way forward. I can imagine this being the same. Nothings more annoying then e-mailing multiple people when they could just save there documents to the server! 1) It'll always be there. 2) Everyone can access it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Working in a office Paperless is the way forward. I can imagine this being the same. Nothings more annoying then e-mailing multiple people when they could just save there documents to the server! 1) It'll always be there. 2) Everyone can access it!I thought that.I renewed my car insurance in March. Last month I had to print it off because I was driving on the continent. The stored documents referred to the previous year - they had not been updated on the server. I had to contact them by email (I am deaf) - they replied immediately, but said that it would take 5-10 working days to correct.By the time it was fixed, I had been to Holland and returned home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 People need training and you need a code of practice for paperless.In our office, we are printing and copying less and less - both for internal and external use.However, clients still want paper versions when they are completely unnecessary and colleagues leave multiple copies of documents all over the server, edit their own and you never know which is the right one. Surprisingly (for me anyway) it is younger colleagues and clients who do these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 We use SharePoint at work. Its pretty good so long as noone is using the document you want to edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxram Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I was getting new tyres at ETS on Alfreton Road yesterday. People that came in for a MOT were given a certificate to say the test had been carried out and the official documents would be sent once the system was available.It could be different today but they seemed to be getting on fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I was getting new tyres at ETS on Alfreton Road yesterday. People that came in for a MOT were given a certificate to say the test had been carried out and the official documents would be sent once the system was available.It could be different today but they seemed to be getting on fine. Sounds like a perfectly acceptable contingency arrangement. Perhaps the media doing their old "eveyones doomed because something didnt work" routine was on this occasion unecessary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Personally I'm all in favour of emulsion on a decently plastered wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozza Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 Anyway , it passed today, minor advisories .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Ram Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 True story this and we're waiting to see what happens.We have our shopping delivered between 4 and 5 on Thursdays. Anyway, the driver comes to the door and tells my wife it's her lucky day, my wife asks how come, I'm just about to stick the nut on him for trying it on with my Mrs when he explains the supermarkets system has crashed and they haven't got any paperwork for our order so our weeks shopping is free.We weren't having it and he insisted it was so. We never signed for the shopping and off he went so even if it's only for today, the paperless system is ok with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Ram Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I love it immensely. When our servers go down at work I go home. In days gone by we would have to do filing and reorganise the document storage. For the win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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