Minister of Transport Visits First Pilot Vehicles-Testing Station -- Douglas Ford of Wembley (left) seen explaining the operation of the Headlight Tester, which measures the aim and intensity of headlights, to the Minister Mr. John Boyd-Carpenter at the Pilot Vehicle-Testing Station, Hondon this morning. Mr. Boyd-Carpenter, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation today paid a visit to the new Government-operated Pilot Vehicle-Testing Station at Hondon, the first of it's kind in the United Kingdom. At the station which opens tomorrow, a complete test, which is free, can be carried out on a vehicle in about 15 minutes. October 1, 1955. (Photo by Fox Photos).