on-line Petition against 10 year on-road limit for cars..

[dtunnicliffe]

Hi everyone,

I have just signed an e-petition against banning cars over 10 years old from being driven on our roads. I'm sure this effects many, many motorists in UK, not just classic car owners but young people on low income and the elderly who can't afford to replace their car to be 'greener'.

The petition is located at:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Classic-Cars/



Cheers

Dave (great,g,g,g,,grandson of Ghengis Khan..)

 

[CLIFFWILKINS]

Done
Tracy x

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

Done too.

I can't believe any Government thinking they might have a chance of re-election (God! I hope not) can seriously think they could introduce such a scheme. Quite apart from the British heritage that exists, huge numbers of the population would face the fact that the P&J would be valueless as it approached 10 years old. Whilst that might be true for the Vauxhall Novas and the like, there are a awful lot of 10 year + cars out there which are worth significant money - and I can't see the Government offering compensation when you might be forced to scrap it. Just another looney idea I'm afraid.

Dave

 

[morris944s2john]

This is (thankfully) a hoax http://www.fbhvc.co.uk/news/archive-07.htm as reported by the FBHVC, there are no plans being discussed to scrap cars at certain ages.

 

[poprock]

Something like this does sound ridiculous, but it's an idea that's actually getting kicked around.

I read a news piece recently about a small country run under a dictatorship where cars older than ten years had been banned. I've been searching for it online but can't find anything just now, so sorry for the lack of detail.

Also, Amsterdam City Council have actually proposed a plan to ban all cars built before 1992 from their city (using the ring road as a boundary), starting in 2009.

 

[chris.hevey]

Agreed, it probably is a hoax but I signed it anyway just in case the Government dared to start thinking along these lines.....

I think any car should have the right to be preserved. My cousin has a Hillman Imp, arguably the Corsa of its day. I reckon the car survived a period at around 15 years old in the 80s where it could have gone to the scrap yard at any time - too old, too untrendy, no cup holders(!), but not worth saving as a classic. You wouldn't scrap it now...

 

[chris.hevey]

ORIGINAL: poprock
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I read a news piece recently about a small country run under a dictatorship where cars older than ten years had been banned. I've been searching for it online but can't find anything just now, so sorry for the lack of detail.
<snip>

Sounds like the kind of thing they'd do in Singapore?

 

[lordluvitt]

ORIGINAL: poprock

I read a news piece recently about a small country run under a dictatorship where cars older than ten years had been banned. I've been searching for it online but can't find anything just now, so sorry for the lack of detail.

I've read that too. I seem to think it might be a country in Africa. I'm sure it was mentioned in the details of one of these 'old banger rallies' where the entrants buy a car for less than £100 and race across Africa. I think there was one particular country that the route had to avoid for the reason that most entrants would be in cars over ten years old.

As for the suggestion that our government would ban these cars seems very far fetched (although I wouldn't put it past them!) The industry that operates around such cars is so large that it would be unfeasible for the economy.

 

[jr2015]

The classic car industry in Europe is massive and pays millions of euros and pounds into government coffers. Can you see anyone seriously trying to scrap millions of pounds worth of ferraris for example?Then there`s the auction houses like Bonhams who specialise in classic auctions. However, now Porsches are as common as Astras perhaps they won`t qualify for classic status and just be regarded as "old bangers".
jr