The removal of the law means British drivers can avoid a potential £50 a year insurance hike.
The Vnuk law requires a wider range of vehicles than those such as cars and motorbikes to be insured, including ones previously not requiring insurance, including golf buggies, mobility scooters and quad bikes.
It also extends to vehicles on private land, meaning people with a ride-on lawnmower at home would require insurance where it would have previously not been needed.
Private land owners would have had to insure quad bikes and golf buggies under the Vnuk law
If the EU law been implemented in Britain, it would have meant the insurance industry would have been liable for almost £2billion in extra overall costs.
autoevolution
This Is How Two Porsche Taycan EVs Set 13 UK Endurance Records in Just 13 Hours 10 Feb 2021, 17:14 UTC ·
by
The German carmaker is no stranger to the world of endurance racing, becoming one of the most successful manufacturers to compete in this form of motorsport. It won the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans race a record 19-times and has some fond memories about Brands Hatch as well.
Half of a century ago, a 917 co-driven by Pedro Rodriguez and Leo Kinnunen managed to win the 1,000-kilometer (621-mile) race held at the legendary British track five laps before the competition crossed the checkered flag.
The Porsche Taycan has managed to set 13 new British endurance records for electric cars, adding to its other achievements that include the world’s longest drift with an EV as well as the fastest street-legal […]
THE organisers of a popular road rally have cancelled the event for the second year running due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Corbeau Seats Rally, run by Chelmsford Motor Club, has announced this years event will not take place as planned on April 24 and 25. The rally was launched in 2018 and was the first rally to make use of a new legislation allowing closed road motorsport in England. Chelmsford Motor Club said Tendring is currently being hit hard by the pandemic and following consultations with Tendring Council, Essex Highways and Motorsport UK, they have concluded that the “right and proper course of action” is to cancel the rally for 2021.