The main reason I can see for getting the DVLA to reclassify as a 'camper' or whatever words they want to use, is to make it obvious to the police that the vehicle their unmanned/manned camera has just taken a photo of, is not subject to the restricted speed limits that apply to a 'van with windows' because it actually conforms to all the requirements needed to reclassify it as a campervan, but which the DVLA currenty refuse to do. It would negate the need to have to go through the motions of refuting the ticket and having to send in pictures and covering letters explaining that had the DVLA relented and reclassified the vehicle from the get go, this situation would never have arisen, and it wouldn't have wasted everyone's time and money to put it right.
The fact that campsites and insurance companies and all the other interested parties that use the DVLA description to set restrictions on their services should surely make them see that a change of vehicle description on the logbook is required.
Their reason for not changing to 'campervan' or 'motorhome' makes no sense when everyone involved uses that description in the DVLA data to make certain assumptions.
For instance you could reasonably expect something described as a 'motorhome' on the DVLA records (whether it looks like a rusty old Winnebago or a rather smart, low riding, blacked out windowed T6) to be carrying some form of compressed flammable gas for cooking and heating whilst a 'van with windows' would not, thus when the fire brigade turn up to a burning vehicle on a road side somewhere they would be forewarned with what they could expect to have to deal with.
If campsites are using the DVLA data to refuse use of their facilities and services to vehicles which by any reasonable comparison fits the spec (or exceeds in some cases) of a 'factory' camper conversion, the DVLA themselves indicating that it's the facilities that are present that make the vehicle what it is, not the description on the logbook, then their use of that description is flawed and discriminatory.
The fact that campsites and insurance companies and all the other interested parties that use the DVLA description to set restrictions on their services should surely make them see that a change of vehicle description on the logbook is required.
Their reason for not changing to 'campervan' or 'motorhome' makes no sense when everyone involved uses that description in the DVLA data to make certain assumptions.
For instance you could reasonably expect something described as a 'motorhome' on the DVLA records (whether it looks like a rusty old Winnebago or a rather smart, low riding, blacked out windowed T6) to be carrying some form of compressed flammable gas for cooking and heating whilst a 'van with windows' would not, thus when the fire brigade turn up to a burning vehicle on a road side somewhere they would be forewarned with what they could expect to have to deal with.
If campsites are using the DVLA data to refuse use of their facilities and services to vehicles which by any reasonable comparison fits the spec (or exceeds in some cases) of a 'factory' camper conversion, the DVLA themselves indicating that it's the facilities that are present that make the vehicle what it is, not the description on the logbook, then their use of that description is flawed and discriminatory.
