EYorkshire wrote:

.... and I can't believe that some of you guys would want to put a 52 year old out on the scrapheap with the blink of an eye, although he was the driver I'll bet his intentions were honest and where would he get another job at his age.

Can't believe some of you would gladly ruin a man's life for this, people

My previous post talked about 'him', not the garage, I still stand by what I said that he meant no disrespect.
If anything the owners of the garage are at fault, all testing of cars should have been 'Risk Assessed' and the outcome of that assessment passed down to its employees.