Will scratched windscreens fail an MOT

[xavier]

I have a scratched and scuffed windscreen and I was wondering if it would fail the MOT?

If it is a fail does the insurance cover windscreens that are scratched or is it just stone chips.

[old-git]

This will give you an idea. There seems to be a little bit of tester discretion available.

http://www.ukmot.com/6-1.asp#Text_top

I think insurance only covers accidental damage by outside influences, ie stones. You won't be covered for lack of wiper blade maintnenace

[xavier]

Dang, time to park it under a falling brick I think!

[bigbadjoe]

If the scratches are deep and in line of sight of the driver then they may fail you. Anything passenger side will pass. If it does pass, then just aquire a used spark plug and the rest is history!!