Brits confess to driving without car insurance

Tue, 01 Apr 2008

One in seven British motorists have driven a vehicle which they did not have car insurance for, a new survey has found.

The study, carried out by Moneysupermarket.com found that nine per cent of drivers had driver someone else's vehicle without being covered by a car insurance policy, while a further six per cent had driver their own.

Richard Mason, director of insurance at Moneysupermarket.com, said: "Anyone who drives without insurance, no matter how short the distance and whether it's their car or someone else's, is breaking the law ."

He added that people driving without car insurance cost the industry up to £500 million a year in claims, which increases the cost of premiums for other drivers.

Although car insurance can be expensive for young men, they should not be taken in by the "false economy" of not taking out a policy, he concluded.

Yesterday, Hayley Parsons of Gocompare.com warned that people should not lie when applying for car insurance as doing so could invalidate their policy if they ever need to make a claime.
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