People carrier and new rules.

sebastianj

dear all,
someone mentioned that there are some new DVLA rules affecting people carriers. Doe any one know any thing about it?Can someone shed some light on it please? is it going to effect mums making school rounds.
sebastian

Hintza

Haven't a clue but the last time they !!!!!!t arond with the rules they really stuffed the people carrying abilities of the Defender...:mad:

Lum

Don't these new rules usually only apply to new vehicles? They can't just turn around and say "Oh, sorry, you're now only allowed to carry 4 people in your Renault Avantine". Just the same as they can't suddenly demand that you fit seatbelts to your Model T Ford.

System

What are these new rules?

forgotmyname

Rules for new licence holders? 1997? changes limited passenger carrying ability.

Or something new?

Lum

If it's licence holders then they only apply to people who passed their test after the rules took effect. Excluding DVLA !!!! ups when exchanging paper licences for photocards.

sebastianj

Discussion came about when some one I know was looking for a 7 seater to take children to school etc. She was told to be careful and buy something that will comply to the new DVLA rules.

I am not sure what these rules are, emission. safety or what. I assumed that if there is any thing then someone on the forum here will know.
sebastian

worried_jim

Hopefully it's a rule banning them from the end of my road every morning. It's carnage, women abandoning them all over the pavements, parking on double yellows, blocking driveways, pulling out witth out indicating or looking just to drop off a load fat ugly spoilt brats......

hartcjhart

worried_jim wrote: »

Hopefully it's a rule banning them from the end of my road every morning. It's carnage, women abandoning them all over the pavements, parking on double yellows, blocking driveways, pulling out witth out indicating or looking just to drop off a load fat ugly spoilt brats......

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::T

agrinnall

sebastianj wrote: »

Discussion came about when some one I know was looking for a 7 seater to take children to school etc. She was told to be careful and buy something that will comply to the new DVLA rules.

I am not sure what these rules are, emission. safety or what. I assumed that if there is any thing then someone on the forum here will know.
sebastian

Why don't you ring up the DVLA and ask them if you're so worried about it? Or even ask the person who started the rumour in the first place?

vaio

Lum wrote: »

Don't these new rules usually only apply to new vehicles? They can't just turn around and say "Oh, sorry, you're now only allowed to carry 4 people in your Renault Avantine". Just the same as they can't suddenly demand that you fit seatbelts to your Model T Ford.

Yep, i didn't think they did retrospective rules either until I discovered that to take our perfectly legal van inside the M25 this year we either have to fit a £2k filter or pay £100 a day