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Greg
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"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> you might have got into trouble for using them on the road though.
Oh yes, I would never have drempt of it and warned the people I sold it to a
few weeks ago of that very point.
> There are 2 bits of legislation
What only two!, our lords and masters must be slipping
It's ridiculously complicated, one thing in particular that must be a grey
area is a vehicle that was designed to have rear seats as an optional extra
but weren't fitted in the factory. If you then fit the very same ones as
MIGHT have been factory fitted, are they considered factory fitted so must
have a belt to pass the MOT (assuming made after the date etc), or are they
in the same class as my camper seats that don't but can't carry passengers?.
It was clear for me as they were home made but how's an MOT tester to know
if they are identical to factory ones?.
The only thing that seems clear to me is that if you get unbelted seats past
the MOT they must be legal, and if you don't carry anyone in them they stay
legal!.
Greg
news:[email protected]...
> you might have got into trouble for using them on the road though.
Oh yes, I would never have drempt of it and warned the people I sold it to a
few weeks ago of that very point.
> There are 2 bits of legislation
What only two!, our lords and masters must be slipping
It's ridiculously complicated, one thing in particular that must be a grey
area is a vehicle that was designed to have rear seats as an optional extra
but weren't fitted in the factory. If you then fit the very same ones as
MIGHT have been factory fitted, are they considered factory fitted so must
have a belt to pass the MOT (assuming made after the date etc), or are they
in the same class as my camper seats that don't but can't carry passengers?.
It was clear for me as they were home made but how's an MOT tester to know
if they are identical to factory ones?.
The only thing that seems clear to me is that if you get unbelted seats past
the MOT they must be legal, and if you don't carry anyone in them they stay
legal!.
Greg