Sunday, April 01, 2007

Outrageous plan for compulsory MOTs for lawn-mowers...

New regulations to make MOTs compulsory for petrol and diesel lawn-mowers are likely to prove hugely controversial.

The plans have just been revealed on BBC Gardeners Question Time.

The idea is to cut down on carbon emissions, which seems fair enough. But the new rules are also likely to hit owners of ride-on mowers who will be forced to wear seat belts and have airbags fitted...

A spokesman for the Lawn Mower Manufacturers Association points out that if the measures have the effect of making gardeners revert to manual push-pull mowers, it will be a case of one step forward and two back...

Meanwhile, the BBC are celebrating the 50th Anniversary of their famous story about the Swiss spaghetti harvest threatened by late frosts.

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