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Nurse Julie:
--- Quote from: kent400 on September 20, 2017, 06:43:21 PM ---No I can't find any reference to 2022 Julie.
If you google 'roadwothyness testing for vehicles of historic interest' It states that lighter vehicles and states that means cars, and motorcycles over 40 years are exempt from testing provided they have not been substantially modified.
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Yes Peter, that is what I also read and I can't remember seeing a reference to 2022 anywhere in the document or the draft guidelines.
'The DfT estimates that it will mean an additional 293,000 UK cars and motorcycles will no longer need to have the mechanical examination every year under the rule change.'
'This means lighter vehicles (such as cars and motorcycles) and those larger vehicles such as buses which are not used commercially'.
Also, the DfT do realise there is a slightly different meaning for 'substantially modified' as far as bikes are concerned but they say the minor changes needed to the DVLA 8 point system will need only minor tweaking and new guidelines will be in place ready for implementation by May 2018.
Edit....I have just read though the 3 Government doc's again and can see no mention of 2022 anywhere. The closest I can find is a review date of 2025. Therefore I still read it as applicable to cars and motorcycles from May 2018.
Moorey:
just copy and pasted from the original consultation document on page 10. There could be a cock up somewhere in the latest statement but I hope not.
1.6 Although motorcycles and 3-wheeled vehicles do not come into the scope of the Directive until 1 January 2022 we are including these categories of vehicles in this consultation. (Any changes affecting these vehicles will not come into force until 1 January 2022.)
Nurse Julie:
Very interesting. It certainly appears that one document contradicts the other document but, this is the UK Government............so who knows!!
Moorey:
Its not often such things go the way you would like them to. :)
Nurse Julie:
--- Quote from: moorey on October 01, 2017, 05:41:32 PM ---Its not often such things go the way you would like them to. :)
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So true. I'm not fussed if it happens or not quite honestly, as I said before I think it's a bad move personally. MOT's are something we have all had to endure soooooo many times over the years that it's part of everyday biking and driving now.
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