In a shock move the Department for Transport has just announced that MoT tests for pre-1960 cars are to be abolished.
However, owners of vehicles that are exempted from the MoT test will still be legally required to ensure that their cars are safe, roadworthy and in a proper condition to be on the road.
The move is sure to cause controversy because polls showed that many classic owners wanted to retain the MoT.
Plus the move seems to solely shift the onus on to owners to make sure that their cars are safe, making the premise for dropping a legally enforced test redundant.
Worse still, there are widespread fears that any accidents involving test-exempt unroadworthy classics could have severe repercussions for the hobby as a whole.
The DoT decision follows a campaign by the All Party Parliamentary Historic Vehicles Group, led by East Yorkshire MP Greg Knight (pictured above).
He dismissed the concerns of critics who claim that the annual MoT test was a regular ‘safety check’ for older vehicles and should not have been scrapped.
