Sorry but i must disagree with the "Somebody must have taken a bung to pass that" not being factual. You have seen the photographs i take it, i have no need to be told anything. The two major fails shown (there maybe others not depicted) are the condition of the brake pipes and the condition of the CV boot. Both of which were present in the first fail and recorded on the VOSA site. The vehicle was later that day passed as fit for the road, obviously with the faults still present, that is indisputable. I have tested hundreds of vehicles, cars, coaches, HGV the lot so am reasonably expert in the field. Never in a million years would i put my name to that abortion. As i said it's not something you would do as a favour. Letting something go with a bulb out or insignificant play in a TRE is one thing but that thing comes into the area of a totally different ball game. The bloody thing could kill.