Regular readers will know that I have little admiration for unqualified government clerks and their rules. I was present when German TUV engineers came over to advise the British clerks on how kit car and modified car testing should be carried out. The Germans said: 'Get a qualified engineer to check the chassis design, and then check that the steering, brakes and lights work properly.' The British clerks simply ignored most of this sensible advice.
They still have no qualified engineers to inspect chassis design, and they added reams of irrelevant nonsense to checking the basic safety functions of
