Amongst the measures to be included in the new Road Traffic bill announced by the government today, there is a provision to allow for a ban on a driver found using a vehicle in a dangerous condition on the second offence.
While everyone (including ourselves) would support measures to remove dangerous vehicles from the road along with the owners, a worrying precedent could be set.
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Rushing to get your build finished for the 31st March to catch the end of SVA ?
We received confirmation today of the bad news that, although the test officially finishes at the end of March, the stations are actually being closed for that month while the testers are being retrained on the still to be agreed BIVA / IVA regulations.
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The German government has announced that Historic vehicles will be exempt from restrictions, or fines, resulting from the Low Emissions Zones currently being set up in many cities.
On the surface it’s an encouraging initiative but reading the definition of Historic vehicle, as applied by the German authorities, shows the problems with creating a tight definition.
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