Women could drive without insurance following EU ruling, says survey

Thu, 24 Mar 2011

A recent ruling by the European Court of Justice could lead to many women driving without insurance, a new survey suggests.

It was recently judged that car insurance firms can no longer use gender as a factor in calculating premiums .

This is likely to lead to a rise in car insurance costs for women, who currently enjoy lower premiums as they are statistically safer drivers.

Now, a OnePoll survey of 3,000 motorists carried out on behalf of insurance company Quinn-direct has found that around 35 per cent of women aged between 17 and 24 would consider driving uninsured if they faced a significant increase in the cost of cover, the Press Association reports.

Some 12 per cent said they would be have to give up driving completely if their premiums rose by 25 per cent, while 11 per cent would need to take on a second to afford their car insurance.

A recent survey by moneysupermarket.com found that one in six motorists (16 per cent), admit to having driven a car without being insured.
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