MOT and red tape

The government has decided to look at scrapping the annual MOT test in favour of one every two years, a move that could save motorists millions of pounds. Currently the UK motorists are checked more frequently than their European counterparts. Heavy regulatory burden is often blamed on the EU and on the incomprehensible amount of rules that emerge from Brussels. But in the case of MOT, the UK government has undertaken more regulations than requird by the EU. Maybe the government just finds it easier to blame the EU for its own fascinations with red tape?