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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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 Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 1:36 pm Post subject: EU court ruling ‘is threat to UK motorsports |
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Hi
I saw this in the magazine I write for. I have highlighted one bit which might affect many readers here.
Is this another good reason for Brexit and opting out of the EUCJ?
| Quote: | Representatives of the UK’s most senior motorcycle sports bodies are claiming that an EU ruling could kill all motorsports in the UK if
implemented by the Government.
The Motorcycle Industry Association (MCIA), the Amateur Motor Cycle Association (AMCA) and the Auto-Cycle Union (ACU) collectively
savaged a European Court decision known as the ‘Vnuk judgment’. The ruling makes it compulsory for anyone using any form of motorised transport to have third party damage and injury insurance. This will affect all participants in all forms of motorsport.
The insurance industry has made it clear that third party risks for
motorsport activities are uninsurable, not least because of the sheer number of potential vehicle damage claims that would arise. Therefore, if
implemented, the Vnuk judgment would wipe out all legal motor and motorcycle sport activity.
In the UK, the motorsport industry employs over 50,000 people, generates a total of £11 billion of sales each year and is backed up by a world-leading high performance engineering industry.
Motorcycle competition is a popular UK Sport and generates much-needed income in rural areas, with over 1.9 million spectators watching around 58,000 riders attend an average of over 4000 off-road and track events each year. These range from junior motocross to the British Superbikes, which would all end without the required insurance under the ECJ ruling.*
MCIA, ACU and AMCA call on the government to exempt motor and motorcycle sport from any changes to insurance law which arise from the ECJ judgment. While the UK remains in the EU, even a temporary mplementation of the ruling, as suggested by the Department for
Transport in its consultation document, would be fatally damaging to what is an important industry and net contributor to the UK economy.
The European Court ruling stems from a case involving a Slovenian farm worker called Damijan Vnuk, who was hurt falling from a ladder, which was hit by a reversing tractor. 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. |
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