charlieannear Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Hi All I recall that there has been talk in the recent past of an MOT or similar being brought in for trailers (as this kind of thing is already required in most of mainland Europe) and that April 2010 had been a date that was being mentioned. Have any of you chaps heard anything (official) regarding this? C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petesnr Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Ooops! That could signal the end of my three-times welded, unbraked rust bucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 I could be wrong but i thought it was just the Trailer hitch that was included in the normal MOT PJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coddy Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Charlie Check out this site for all legal requirements http://www.ntta.co.uk/law/index.htm Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 I could be wrong but i thought it was just the Trailer hitch that was included in the normal MOT PJ It is. But there was certainly talk of introducing a new law, requiring trailers under 3.5 tonne to have an annual MOT of their own. Although it's gone very quiet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlieannear Posted January 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 ...there was certainly talk of introducing a new law, requiring trailers under 3.5 tonne to have an annual MOT of their own. Although it's gone very quiet. I didn't think I had imagined it! I may have read it in An Auto Express or Practical Classics or Land Rover Monthly... I'll do some more research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 I just found this on a caravaning site. "However slowly but surely, the EU is moving towards an introduction of MOT tests for all trailers under 3500kg and in the eyes of the law, a caravan is a trailer. In 2008 type approval for trailer (and caravan) chassis will be introduced. This will be followed by whole vehicle type approval in 2010 for complete caravans and trailers. In practice this will mean little change for the end user but considerable extra costs for manufacturers which inevitably will be passed on to consumers. Another consequence will be the fact that it will no longer possible to build your own trailer because the cost of getting it type approved would be prohibitive. Once these new regulations are in place, the next logical step would be MOTs for caravans and trailers. However to implement this, some sort of registration scheme would be necessary. There are a vast number of trailers and caravans in circulation and getting owners to register them would be an unenviable task. So the most likely route would be to start registering and testing trailers and caravans produced from 2010 onwards. Of course all this will cost money so it is not hard to imagine some sort of road fund tax to pay for it." It appears that existing trailers would be excempt. Until the government find a way of making money out of it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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