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> "it is extremely unethical to operate a vehicle in this condition. Maybe you have point, but its not quite sharp enough, because condition is but part of the
by darkclouds 3y ago
> "it is extremely unethical to operate a vehicle in this condition.
Maybe you have point, but its not quite sharp enough, because condition is but part of the problem. You see here in the UK we something called MOT tests which vehicles have to pass every year once a vehicle reaches its 3rd or 4th year.
A minimum standard of braking force has to be achieved by each wheel, irrespective of road conditions or whether the vehicle has ABS to avoid it skidding, increasing the odds of an out of control crash. Sure the minimum braking force is a blunt instrument, but its a starting point before we get into the finer peculiarities of how to stop a vehicle in different situations, like on ice, something I understand Canada has plenty off!
So are you telling me, that all the combined wit and intellect of the Canadian govt and people results in a failure to have a mandated annual road worthiness tests for the vehicles on their road?
And then when you go on about the lack of crumple zones, braking performance and fume emissions, maybe you have a point here, but then we only have to look at the logging equipment to fell the Canadian forests are hardly helping the greenhouse gas problem of the planet.
Crumple zones, do Canadians wrap their buildings and street furniture with pillows to ensure they have crumple zones for cyclists, or is this just stealth victimisation of someone who cant afford the more popular 911 let alone retromod it like a million dollar 964 Singer Porsche?
I dont understand accepting the freedom of the choice of people like you when it exposes unconsenting others to more half baked ideas and illegitimate govts for their own dislike of an internet article.
I will still commend you on your dadaism, but sadly I fear I might just be able to out dada even more prominent adherents to the movement like salvador dali himself or the majority of the LLM AI's on display today.
- scrlk 3y agoFWIW, the author's 914 would be exempt from the MOT requirement, as it's over 40 years old (and assuming that no "substantial changes" have been made in the last 30 years). https://www.gov.uk/historic-vehicles https://www.gov.uk/historic-vehicles
- Symbiote 3y agoYou still need to keep the car roadworthy (next page from your link), and this car would fail two of the main three points. I only checked one historic vehicle insurance provider, but it's also a condition for insurance.