Car insurance customers told to prepare for new regulations

Wed, 12 Jan 2011

Car insurance customers may be interested to hear that new powers designed to tackle uninsured driving will come into force within months.

The decision was announced by road safety minister Mike Penning, who explained that it will soon be an offence to keep an uninsured vehicle, rather than just to drive when uninsured .

At present, every responsible motorist pays an average £30 each year within their car insurance premiums to cover crashes involving uninsured and untraced drivers.

Furthermore, it is estimated that uninsured and untraced drivers kill 160 people and injure 23,000 every year. "Uninsured drivers push up premiums for other motorists and often drive with no regard for other road users, so it is vital that we do everything we can to keep them off the roads," Mr Penning remarked.

He added: "More than 400 uninsured vehicles are already being seized by the police every day but it is simply not possible to catch every uninsured driver in this way."

That is why, Mr Penning explained, the government is bringing in these new powers which will "help us to take targeted action while freeing up police time to deal with the hard core of offenders".
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