It'll be ridiculous if it does come in. There's no way I'd want to be on the road with all sorts of heaps driving around with no MOT test on them.
Orrrrr, they'll just employ more VOSA inspectors, who'll just stop all cars that are over 30 years old on a regular basis to check them for roadworthiness. The onus being on the owners to keep them roadworthy?
But:
Research by the DfT found that classic cars are generally very well maintained and have much lower accident and MOT failure rates than newer vehicles. In 2009, initial MOT test failure rates for pre-1960 vehicles was less than 10% – compared to over 30% for newer cars.
Vehicles registered before 1960 make up around 0.6% of all cars on UK roads, but are involved in just 0.03% of crashes.
These figures, along with a public consultation that showed high levels of support for the proposal, meant all cars manufactured before 1960 have been exempt from the MOT test as of 2012. But should this exemption be extended?
Are they REALLY interpreting those figures as meaning that Classic Cars don't need MOTs?
I mean, the fact that only 10% fail versus 30% of newer cars. Maybe that's because on the whole they're FAR more basic and actually don't have as much likelihood of failing on ABS faults, emissions fails, even hazards and fog lights aren't required on a lot of classics.
pre-1960 cars make up around 0.6% of cars on the road, but are involved in just 0.03% of crashes, maybe that's because they're not used as regularly in a LOT of cases? I mean, come on! It's ludicrous to think that there's going to possibly be no MOT on older cars. All it's going to do is cause people to go and and buy old scrappy cars and put them on the road, keep bangers going as a way of cheap motoring and never have to worry about whether they pass the MOT.
As said above, it'll lead to a load of crashes and then a ban on old cars if they're not careful.
