Got a classic car?

Well maybe for not much longer.

WEST MIDLANDS MEP MIKE NATTRASS

Issue Date: Monday, September 10 2012

Visit Mike's web-site at: www.ukipmep.org

MEP fears new EU plans could spell the end of the road for many
classic cars

UKIP Transport spokesman Mike Nattrass has blasted Brussels
bureaucrats who are maneuvering to bring in draconian rules which
could see many modified and classic cars disappear from British roads.

The West Midlands MEP, who is a member of the EU=92s Transport and
Tourism Committee, fears EU moves to overhaul MOT rules could have
dire consequences for the automotive industry and classic car
enthusiasts.

Interfering Eurocrats are attempting to push through radical changes
to MOT rules across Europe which would make modified vehicles illegal.

The EU is proposing major changes on how the roadworthiness of
vehicles is assessed. This latest Brussels drive could see many cars
automatically failing their MOT test for having minor modifications
such as updated brake lights and different windscreen wipers.

Bodies such as the Federation of British Historic Vehicles Clubs
(FBHVC) and the Association of Car Enthusiasts have attacked the
proposals which they say could cost jobs and hit motorists in the
pocket.

Commenting on the proposals, UKIP Transport spokesman Mike Nattrass,
who owns a 1956 Sunbeam Talbot, said: =93These plans would lead to major
changes to MOT rules in Britain and across Europe.

=93The envisaged changes to the road licensing system would have massive
implications for all motorists and the car industry as a whole.

=93Under the plans, a vehicle would automatically fail its MOT test if
its =91technical specifications=92 was found to differ from the technical
specification it had when it rolled off the production line.

=93The FBHVC is right to say these plans are pie-in-the-sky as
modifications to vehicles, particularly older ones, are common.

=93These plans are attack on motorists, classic car enthusiasts and the
car industry. I will raise this issue in the European Parliament and
fight to put this latest EU drive in reverse,=94 he added.

ENDS

Source: http://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy/got-a-classic-car-832996-.htm

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