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The requirement was not for a steering lock per se, but for a "security device". Most manufacturers chose to interpret this as a steering lock, but a few, like Saab just HAD to be different!
So an external removable device would be acceptable? I could lock the gear lever in reverse perhaps?
As an aside,
Last year I asked a local tester about fixed seats.....
these are acceptable so long as they can be somehow moved and then fixed into a different position.
For this to be possible a spanner (or other suitable tool) could be taped to the seat, said tool having a label to
indicate its purpose.
Ian.
Well yes, I suppose something like one of those locks that connect the gearshift to the handbrake would do, and fulfill the brief. But a new (or good used) steering lock is not exactly bank breaking, why make life more difficult un-necessarily?
On seats, only the drivers seat needs to move. But again there is a little wriggle room. If the seat is designed to be adjustable for reach, then it should move and lock according to spec. But if you have a fixed position racing seat installed (which is compulsory in several racing classes under MSA regs) in your street/trackday car, as several of my mates have, a sensible tester will overlook it, in much the same way that they will overlook 5 point harnesses, which are not MOT compliant either, believe it or not! Again though, how hard can it be it be to make a seat that is designed to slide and lock, actually do that reliably?
Steve