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Yes saxo1. In view of some of the earlier posts which flagged up potential barriers to MOTs, the point I was making was that the building blocks are in place to introduce MOTs for caravans, if they wanted to. It would just part of the legislation that all caravans would need to be CRIS registered, or some similar identification system, to facilitate checks, enforcecment etc.

In the event that the powers that be consider that caravans pose a potential risk to highways users, (or see MOTs as a fund raising exercise), then its only a small step to doing it, in terms of legislative change.

Phil

No...absolutley NO!

'Heavens sake..we are regulated enough, lets not go down this road.

(or see MOTs as a fund raising exercise),

 I strongly feel that the more 'vaners chat about testing of 'vans, the more likley the powers that be will see it as an excuse to raise money, without making any difference to the overall safety of the roads. 

 Most 'vaners do have their vans serviced each year and as has been muted thiat serves as a "roadworthy check".

 That said, there are car users who do NOT have their cars mot'ed and just take a chance.

 Chris

Quote: Originally posted by D S B on 27/6/2011

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I tend to agree with the majority here - don't think it is really necessary.  If you have your van serviced regularly the van is checked anyway. 

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The problem is that some people for whatever reason, just dont bother servicing their van from year to year, some wrongfully think that nothing will deteriorate on a caravan, simply because of the low mileage they do per annum, how wrong they are.

Some dont even bother insuring their caravan, but for those who do, if they read the small print on their policy documents, quite a few will state that the cover will be null and void if the caravan is not regularly serviced and maintained by a competent engineer. With our insurance, this period is within 2 years of the last service, although we have ours annually serviced by an approved workshop, and get the badge on our front fairing with the workshops registration number, year and month serviced, and the word 'Passed' to prove this. 

I suppose this is the nearest the caravan industry has got to issuing a caravan with an MOT. Im wondering however if this scheme is some kind of a pilot to a future compulsory trailer MOT, they already have a registration number from the chasis and CRIS in the case of caravans.

Julia

Mmmm, I pay for my caravan to be serviced every year, and I guess that this would only be an additional £30 on top for registration, just like a car.

However, the worryng thing with caravans and servicing is concerned is that as far as I can remember demand has always outstripped supply, everytime I try to book the van in there is always a wait of several months before there is a space.  So I wouldn't be suprised if the actual cost would turn out to be double that.

That being said, I know most of us take care of this ourselves, but I have seen vans with cracked tyres and worn safety cables etc, bits hanging off so I know not everyone takes the same car.  So from this perspective, even though I would not want to pay, it makes sense.  Possibly bi yearly, not yearly??

Are there any figures published on caravaning accidents anywhere?  Would be interesting to know just how many there are, and what the causes are.  Probably not.

Tony B

Will the man with the red flag please walk in front of the car, towing the caravan .

atb

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