Hemmings Daily: European Parliament calls for motorsports exemption from insurance requirements

It's not quite a green flag, but the European Parliament has, for the first time, acknowledged the threat to European motorsports posed by the expanded scope of the Motor Insurance Directive by proposing an exemption from the directive for all race cars. At the same time, however, the legislative body's report casts doubt over the future of track days for street-registered cars. Issued late last month, the European Parliament's drafted response to the European Commission's proposed reforms of the 2009 Motor Insur [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Monday, November 19, 2018 [European Parliament calls for motorsports exemption from insurance requirements]( [European Parliament calls for motorsports exemption from insurance requirements]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - It's not quite a green flag, but the European Parliament has, for the first time, acknowledged the threat to European motorsports posed by the expanded scope of the Motor Insurance Directive by proposing an exemption from the directive for all race cars. At the same time, however, the legislative body's report casts doubt over the future of track days for street-registered cars. Issued late last month, the European Parliament's drafted response to the European Commission's proposed reforms of the 2009 Motor Insur... 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