Peter, I knew of, and completely understood these requirements of the MSA; it is nothing new to me although others may benefit from your point.
But quite frankly, isn't it a nonsense and an irrelevance? Somewhere, the lawyers, insurers and actuaries decided, with a sharp intake of breath, that there was a liability and therefore more regulation was necessary.
Take the Child Protection Officer. Essentially that role is to tick some boxes. I will not denigrate the officers who fulfil the role, particularly as I know one of them well. However is it really necessary? Or are Morgan owners so particularly degenerate and dangerous.
When I started driving in speed events in the early 1980s, all one needed to satisfy the RAC MSA for a road car was a helmet of a partular BS specification; no fireproof babygrow, gloves or boots. Now, the MSA makes much more stringent demands within the Blue Book beyond helmets, suit, gloves and boots. The net result is that it increases the cost of entry of grassroots motorsport.
It is this unavoidable dead hand of regulation that puts off a number of people from volunteering. It is also a waste.
