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Title: Classic Vehicle Use is Under Threat. Please Sign E-Petition
Post by: Steve_666 on January 08, 2008, 06:22:09 pm

Just got this in an email today: -

Dear friend,
The numpty bureaucrats and politicians are at it again! If you want to continue to drive your classic car or motorcycle and you wish to preserve other's rights to do so please see the following.
All vehicles over 10 years old are at risk from the environmentalist zealots who fail to grasp that removing an old vehicle from the roads and replacing it with a new vehicle will cause more environmental damage than if it was continued in use for the remainder fo it's useful life. Many, probably most of these vehicles are used for occasional hobby purposes only.
Several EU proposals across the years have been a threat to the classic car movement. One that has been under consideration is to ban the use of cars older than 10 years. Similarly, Edinburgh City Council is considering the banning of cars over 15 years old from the town centre. These, and similar proposals directly threaten the classic vehicle movement, and encourage the manufacture of new cars, with the attendant environmental issues of sourcing raw materials, manufacturing, distributing and scrapping the spiralling supply of new vehicles.
I invite you to sign the E-petition at:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/classic-cars

Title: Re: Classic Vehicle Use is Under Threat. Please Sign E-Petition
Post by: paul_gt4 on January 09, 2008, 03:04:32 am

how many times is this going to be raised it'll never happen

Title: Re: Classic Vehicle Use is Under Threat. Please Sign E-Petition
Post by: ChrisW on January 09, 2008, 10:21:59 pm

Don't vehicles in Japan lose their value almost completely once they get to 10, hence we get them cheap over here?

Title: Re: Classic Vehicle Use is Under Threat. Please Sign E-Petition
Post by: ChrisW on January 09, 2008, 10:39:02 pm

Signed ;)

Title: Re: Classic Vehicle Use is Under Threat. Please Sign E-Petition
Post by: Nosher on January 09, 2008, 10:54:07 pm

I totaly agree with Paul, its never gonna happen, never.

Title: Re: Classic Vehicle Use is Under Threat. Please Sign E-Petition
Post by: ChrisW on January 09, 2008, 10:57:59 pm

Hope you're right, and I'm sure you are. Tho I do think it shows unity in the car fraternity? :)

Cheers

Title: Re: Classic Vehicle Use is Under Threat. Please Sign E-Petition
Post by: Nosher on January 09, 2008, 11:07:50 pm

its come up loads of times ov the last few years but i think ill still sign the petition just in case ;)

Title: Re: Classic Vehicle Use is Under Threat. Please Sign E-Petition
Post by: ChrisW on January 09, 2008, 11:24:53 pm

<Citizen Smith> Power to the people!!! ;D

Title: Re: Classic Vehicle Use is Under Threat. Please Sign E-Petition
Post by: paul_gt4 on January 10, 2008, 03:04:04 am

i've seen this a handful of times a year and all on different forums, its just someone making up waffle and taking the *BLEEP* on forums

Title: Re: Classic Vehicle Use is Under Threat. Please Sign E-Petition
Post by: Redbeast on January 10, 2008, 07:42:52 am

yeah but its just the sort of *BLEEP* europe comes out with.  remember them banning bendy bananas?  told my nephew about banana kicks in football and he's like "eh?  but bananas are straight!"  how times change.

sign it anyway just in case!