Classic vehicles to be exempt.
From 18th November 2012 owners of classic vehicles will no longer need to have their vehicles subjected to an Mot.
An interesting statistic from that release
Pre-1960 licensed vehicles make up about 0.6% of the total number of licensed vehicles in Great Britain, but are involved in just 0.03% of road casualties and accidents.
But
“Owners of classic vehicles will still be legally required to ensure that they are safe and in a proper condition to be on the road
The owners of the classic vehicles that I see, generally expect their vehicles to pass, but do like to have a second opinion on a “just in case I’ve missed something” basis.
hi as a test station owner i am not sure what the government are thinking about i just do not get it ?? eric roberts http://www.mot-halifax.co.uk
In the latest matters of testing there is the following text
The evidence from MOT Comp
suggests that only 80,000 out of a
total of 28 million vehicle tests are
for pre-1960 vehicles, so this
should have very little impact
on the overall MOT trade.
I test approx 20 pre 1960 vehicles each year, the owners all state they’ll continue to have the vehicle tested as a safeguard that they haven’t missed anything. I’m sure the insurance companies will get into this and possibly require some form of proof of maintenance or safety check annually.
hi i do see your point we test the old cars and owners say that they will still carry on having some type of test but why bother doing this in the first place, they should have left well alone thanks eric roberts http://www.mot-halifax.co.uk