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Hi folks, been away for a while, work's been mad. Anyway if this is the wrong place to post this I apologise but have any of you heard about the EU's plan to force gardeners to pay insurance on their ride on mowers? "Patrick McLoughlin, the Transport Secretary, has been told that all owners of ride-on mowers may be forced to pay for the cover, even if the vehicle never leaves their garden." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11008809/Gardeners-with-sit-on-lawnmowers-face-buying-motor-insurance.html I have several questions about this story: 1) Does this effect professional gardeners, or everybody? 2) The story says it will be £100, is this per mower? What about those of us who collect them? 3) Will the premium be more or less depending on the year and model of mower? 4) How do you go about proving this, eg on my Gazelle that has a new engine fitted and therefore no date? 5) This whole idea is so stupid am I living in reality of some sort of nightmare where humanity has gone insane? Anyway, hope to get some pics up of my Westwood Gazelle and Wheelhorse out and about soon!