Caravan MOT's ?
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The only info I can find is dated 2014 when the EU decided against it. If it is purely an EU thing, we presumably wouldn't adopt it? Although, I suppose they could insist on it if you wanted to take your caravan abroad. Personally I think they would be a
good idea. Either that, or a compulsory annual sevice and safety check.0 -
I think it's been put on the back burner for now.
--- IMO there is nothing wrong with an annual MOT for caravans.
Do we want loads of unsafe caravans being towed on our busy roads? -- NO -- The annual MOT would weed out the unsafe ones and make our roads much safer.
K
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I can't help wondering just how many accidents are caused by faulty caravans?
Surely we don't need any more legislation?.
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it seems to have died a death through the Eu, However i agree with other posters that there should be some form of test to ensure the caravans fitness for use, as i have been out to several in my days as a breakdown patrol that should not have been on the road. Contrary to what a lot of people think not all of us get our caravans checked and serviced regularily, or at all, in some of the ones i used to see.
So i am all for a regular safety check at least. particularily the tyres as this was always the biggest cause of broken down and damaged caravans.
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I can't help wondering just how many accidents are caused by faulty caravans?
Surely we don't need any more legislation?.
It just seems a little odd that I have to get my car checked every three years. Yet I can strap 1.5 tonnes of caravan on the back and cruise at 60 mph on the motorway. Yes I would be breaking the law if it was defective, but there is no check, as with cars. Unless of course you cause an accident.
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last time I checked the official governent statistics on road accidents, those involving caravans stood at 0.08%, to put that into perpective that's 8 accidents in every 10,000. All the main parties were against the scheme.
To further prove how safe towing a caravan is, who pays extra on their car insurance for towing a caravan?
It would also mean htat every caravan would have to have its own regristration
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as caravans get older, owners might feel that the annual service/check 'isnt worth it'....just at the very time when those vans might need it doing....
i didnt read the previous tomes about caravan MOT but, like posters above, think it would be a good idea.
id certainly like to think that all trailers/caravans were checked regularly....
i can see the pain for those on long term holidays, but this would be no different from those who have to bring their MH back to the UK for an MOT.
if dates were 'inconvenient', then getting tested early should be fine.
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As someone who spent many years investigating accidents I never came accross one that would have been avoided by an MOT type test
. There must be unsafe caravans out there that need to be taken off the road but given the numbers involved and thd low mileages caravans do I think more lives could be saved by spending the money elsewhere.
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It would need to be legislation that covered trailers of all descriptions, and I would guess at caravans being in the minority. Government would also have to guess as there are no hard statistics as to how many there are on the road at some time.
UK legislation could be passed quite seperately from any EU Directive and before or after we leave the EU. Somehow I don't see Parliament having the time what with all the other things going on just now.
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remember that under EU proposals caravans would have to be 'MOT'ed but not farm trailers.
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As someone who spent many years investigating accidents I never came accross one that would have been avoided by an MOT type test
. There must be unsafe caravans out there that need to be taken off the road but given the numbers involved and thd low mileages caravans do I think more lives could be saved by spending the money elsewhere.
Pretty much in line with my thoughts.
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