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Electric Vehicle Affordability.

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And battery costs are increasing.

 

Quote. "Sales of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and vans will be banned in the UK from 2030, as part of the government's plans to reach "net-zero" by 2050. From 2035, people will only be able to buy fully zero-emission vehicles."

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    Even if it was not the case - I'd be in favour of a hard look at the true risks - I suspect we could perfectly well allow such things without all the roll bars and airbags onto UK roads - perhaps like tractors not on the M-way, or maybe speed limited but for a lot of situations that would be perfectly OK.

    I note with amusement the recent hoo-haa about allowing car licensees to once again tow 3,5 tonne trailers without an extra test - I guess the folk worrying about how many extra deaths this will cause have not realised that a normal car licence always did allow you to tow, just needed to be behind a farm tractor or a building site vehicle. 

    The weight limit for agricultural tractor and trailer combinations is 31 tonnes. The trailer itself is limited to 18.29 tonnes (including any load imposed on the tractor through the hitch). Not so many tractors in the city where legislation is made I suppose, so no-one notices, but  the class F tractor ticket is still awarded automatically if you have a plain  ‘B’  car  licence.

    Mike.

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    Even if it was not the case - I'd be in favour of a hard look at the true risks - I suspect we could perfectly well allow such things without all the roll bars and airbags onto UK roads - perhaps like tractors not on the M-way, or maybe speed limited but for a lot of situations that would be perfectly OK.

    I note with amusement the recent hoo-haa about allowing car licensees to once again tow 3,5 tonne trailers without an extra test - I guess the folk worrying about how many extra deaths this will cause have not realised that a normal car licence always did allow you to tow, just needed to be behind a farm tractor or a building site vehicle. 

    The weight limit for agricultural tractor and trailer combinations is 31 tonnes. The trailer itself is limited to 18.29 tonnes (including any load imposed on the tractor through the hitch). Not so many tractors in the city where legislation is made I suppose, so no-one notices, but  the class F tractor ticket is still awarded automatically if you have a plain  ‘B’  car  licence.

    Mike.

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