In the conclusion to the FBHVC document relating to their survey on whether Pre 1960 vehicles should be exempt from MOT testing, they state

“This report of the rigorous research undertaken provides the FBHVC board with a clear indication of what grass roots historic vehicle enthusiasts feel about the government’s proposals on MoT testing.

The results clearly indicate an overwhelming support for change (74%).”

The federation’s secretary Rosie Pugh, told Classic Car Weekly on March 21 that:

“We took a poll of our members and they voted in favour of MOT changes.
We passed on the results as part of the Government’s consultation process, but it must be said that the result was not unanimous.

CCW’s own poll of its readership showed almost universal opposition to the change and this is a subject that has been widely discussed on forums covering all types of vehicles, where the level of opposition to the proposed changes has been very clear.

It is surprising that FHBVC have taken the results from just under 4000 useable responses to their survey and used that to suggest that the ‘vast Majority’ of their 250,000 members in 500 subscriber organizations are in Favour of the changes to the MOT regualtions.