UK To Require Auto Insurance For Race Cars and Wheelchairs

‘British automotive hobbyists will soon have to buy auto insurance to cover that project car on blocks in their garage, even though the vehicle is not going anywhere any time soon. A sweeping expansion of the Department for Transport (DfT) compulsory insurance requirements is expected to take effect later in the year. It will apply to entirely new categories of vehicles, including farm tractors and combines, motorized wheelchairs, riding lawnmowers, golf carts and the bumper cars at a carnival. Even top Formula One racers will have to insure their multi-million-dollar rides that are never driven on public roads. The rules were designed to comply with European Union directives, and the DfT is not happy about it.’
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