Despite the UK voting to leave the EU a new piece of legislation, if implemented could wipe out any kind of motor sport overnight.
Yesterday the government issued a document for public consultation which gives the option to implement a European Court of Justice decision known as the Vnuk Judgement. It came about after a Slovenian farm worker, Damian Vnuk, was injured after being knocked from a ladder by a reversing tractor.
The ruling makes it compulsory for anybody using any kind of motorised transport, either on or off road to have third party damage and injury insurance. The insurance industry has made it clear that they cannot cover motor sport competitors. The MCIA, AMCA and ACU are all calling on the government to exempt motor and motorcycle sport from any changes to insurance law.
Motorcycle sport is not only very popular with the 1.9 million UK spectators who watch 58,000 competitors taking part in the 4,000 events each year but it’s also important to the 50,000 people employed in various forms of motorsport industries who are set to lose £11 billion in associated sales.
Will it affect you?
The Vnuk judgment imposes compulsory third party injury and damage insurance to all vehicles of any kind when used on any type of land. As well as affecting all motorsport vehicles, it could affect electric bicycles, sit-on lawnmowers, golf buggies, mobility scooters and even uninsured vehicles parked on private property under the Statutory Off-Road Notification scheme. As well as wiping out scooter racing this will also put a stop to fun & games on scooter rally campsites.
Despite the UK voting to leave the EU a new piece of legislation, if implemented could wipe out any kind of motor sport overnight.
Yesterday the government issued a document for public consultation which gives the option to implement a European Court of Justice decision known as the Vnuk Judgement. It came about after a Slovenian farm worker, Damian Vnuk, was injured after being knocked from a ladder by a reversing tractor.
The ruling makes it compulsory for anybody using any kind of motorised transport, either on or off road to have third party damage and injury insurance. The insurance industry has made it clear that they cannot cover motor sport competitors. The MCIA, AMCA and ACU are all calling on the government to exempt motor and motorcycle sport from any changes to insurance law.
Motorcycle sport is not only very popular with the 1.9 million UK spectators who watch 58,000 competitors taking part in the 4,000 events each year but it’s also important to the 50,000 people employed in various forms of motorsport industries who are set to lose £11 billion in associated sales.
Will it affect you?
The Vnuk judgment imposes compulsory third party injury and damage insurance to all vehicles of any kind when used on any type of land. As well as affecting all motorsport vehicles, it could affect electric bicycles, sit-on lawnmowers, golf buggies, mobility scooters and even uninsured vehicles parked on private property under the Statutory Off-Road Notification scheme. As well as wiping out scooter racing this will also put a stop to fun & games on scooter rally campsites.
Why the SLUK are we even bothering with this piece of EU Brussels sprouts bottom gas legislation when we voted OUT of this nonsense?!!! This is the sort of Eurotrash that lead to ordinary people to choose to vote out.
We voted to enter a European trading block in the seventies, not to join a totalitarian dictatorship whose legislation is determined by un-elected bureaucrats and risk averse lawyers responding to SPURIOUS compensation chasing “victims”. Who the feck cares what happened to some guy in Slovenia!?? We in the UK have some of the safest workplaces in the world because of our own home grown approach to safety. I know where I would feel less safe working. Get your own house in order first you EU Johnny Come Lately’s!
Our motorsports have a relatively good safety record too, but you know the risks and attend at your own recognizance and risk (as the signs say at the tracks for all to see). Having been to scooter racing and the IoM TT I know the score and choose a spot to watch from that I feel comfortable to view from.
You fecking Brussels Sprouts LEAVE US ALONE and go and listen to Eddy Wally and much waffles and other such shite and deal with more important stuff like the soft invasion of Europe that is going on and crumbling EU member economies.
We are floating in a sea of massive turds and these Eurotwats pick up a small turd bobbing by and say “Now this turd really pisses me off…we must do something about this turd!” Whilst the large turds float on by!
Madness.