Should I do without periodic technical inspections (TÜV/MFK) or not? (Question of the week)
Most countries require cars to undergo periodic technical serviceability inspections. While this was relatively frequent in the past, inspection intervals for new vehicles began to be extended and classic cars also benefit in many places from extended intervals between MOT or MFK appointments. However, some countries, now the UK in particular, have abolished these inspections for historic vehicles under certain conditions and transferred the responsibility to the owners, so to speak. Is this the route that could be taken in this country too? In a question of the week , we asked Zwischengas readers if official periodic inspections should be abolished.
56 percent favour abolishing or at least privatizing periodic inspections, just under three-sevenths of them (24 percent in absolute terms) would transfer responsibility to the vehicle owner alone, while four-sevenths (32 percent in absolute terms) would also make maintenance companies and specialists responsible.
However, 36 percent would not want to do without the official periodic inspection under any circumstances because they fear that road safety would suffer as a result.
As many as seven percent were unable to come up with any of the proposed "solutions".
The classic car community is therefore split and divided. The "UK case" should now provide an interesting example of the impact of the abolition of MOT checks for cars over 40 years old.
Here is the graphical analysis of the surveys in which 310 readers took part:
We have already suggested a new question of the week. This time we want to know whether you should actually refrain from driving your old car in rain and heavy precipitation .
And, of course, you can still look up the results of all previous questions of the week in the dedicated topic channel.
