I read on page 38 of the glossy and expensive "Motorsports Now" that is paid for from our competition licence fee that we are going to have to carry a "Spill Kit".
I quote:-
1.3.24 A medium sized spill kit must be available at the start of each section. Exceptionally for Sporting and Car Trials where sections are adjacent to one another a single medium sized spill kit must be deployed.
9.8.3 All vehicles should carry a small spill kit complying with J5.20.13. mandatory for Classic Reliability Trials from 1st Jan 2012
End Quote
OK will a roll of toilet paper in a supermarket bag do? Not on your life. I can see this costing yet more money.
Looking in the present Blue Book on page 157 I see:-
5.20.13 It is strongly recommended that for all competitors participating in single venue competitions to have available at their paddock base and for multivenue competitions to carry within their vehicles a self contained spill kit capable of effectively absorbing minor spillages of up to 1.5 litres of all vehicle fluids - oils, fuels, coolants, battery acid. Used spill kits are to be disposed off in accordance with local or national guidelines.
So what they are proposing is to make that recommendation mandatory.
Interesting that when you look at the
MSA Trials Committee Document from their meeting on 17 March when they drafted the above. Then refer to their
consultation document, it doesn't contain anything about this spill kit business.
Anyway the closing date for consultation is 20 August.
