ENQUIRIES RECEIVED. Recently there have been a number of enquiries to the ARDF Committee concerning the legality of car based DF hunts. Competitions of this kind are organised by Affiliated Societies and not directly by the RSGB. The purpose of this article is to draw attention to the wording of the Road Traffic Act and the varying exclusions of motor insurance policies so that members and Affiliated Societies can make their own decisions regarding the organisation and rules of DF competitions involving the use of motor vehicles. Attention is drawn to the provisions of the 1988 Road Traffic Act. Section 12 of the Act states: 12.—(1) A person who promotes or takes part in a race or trial of speed between motor vehicles on a public way is guilty of an offence. (2) In this section "public way" means, in England and Wales, a public highway and, in Scotland, a public road.
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