Clampdown on those without car insurance

Wed, 16 Jan 2008

The number of drivers without car insurance has dropped in light of new police powers, one expert says.

Graeme Trudgill of the British Insurance Brokers' Association, said: "Uninsured driving rates have gone down, we believe, in excess of ten per cent in the last two years."

He added that the fact police now had access to the car insurance database as well as the power to seize vehicles had combined with number plate recognition technology to help cut the figures.

Number plate recognition technology is able to scan cars and then send a message to police if a driver has no car insurance .

Mr Trudgill said that around 150,000 uninsured cars were seized by the police in 2007, around double the number of the year before.

Figures released by the Motor Insurer's Bureau indicate that uninsured drivers cost law-abiding motorists in excess of £500 million a year.

That's the equivalent of £30 on the average car insurance premium.
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