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Originally Posted by Geraint Owen
But above all this is Simon's point that it would be helpful to know now what is going to happen, which is dead right. But as said above, there is little prospect of progress while we are rerunning the referendum and the fact that no European negotiations ever come up with a solution until 5 to midnight, that is how it works
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Since the entire EU Exit process has never been run before and nobody can really offer any meaningful advice until it there is some sort of agreement on their area of interest (or perhaps "competence" in EU terminology) it is probably unsurprising that a waiting game has developed.
And the 5 to midnight observation, despite the potentially enormous workload of "stuff" to put into place, is probably inevitable no matter how much one might have expected a more realistic approach to planning would have been adopted.
Then there is Robyn's interesting point and the potential for that insurance angle to make the rest of the concerns somewhat moot, at least in the short term until people come to their senses (hopefully).
Of course the two matters together offers the UK an interesting opportunity to go its own way, eliminate the insurance requirement threat from a motor sport perspective and invite EU competitors to continue to use their licences to race in the UK just as they do now. After all, they may have nowhere else to go! (Apart from hillclimbs in Switzerland(?) and possibly events in Norway providing they don't enforce 100% EV only legislation in the next year or so.)
And of course I am assuming that all road, sea and air transport has not in any case ground to a halt due to Brexit or the extended requirements of vehicle insurance within the EU.
So whilst it is disappointing that "governing" bodies appear to have nothing to say as deadlines apparently loom, it may not be surprising. Indeed, in particular cases where the EU is involved and especially if the UK government has a direct role in the process, it is probably to be expected. Sadly.