All cars must be insured - on or off road! - 21st Jan 2009 11:49am
Basically if your car isnt SORN it must be insured or there will be a fine on its way to you.....
Personally I think its a bit OTT - I can see where they are coming from but it will no be on offence to have a taxed car, on your property if it doesnt have insurance
New regulations make it an offence to own an uninsured vehicle
New rules on insuring vehicles have been set out that will make life much harder for those who own taxed vehicles without insurance.
Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick today announced that it will become an offence to keep an uninsured vehicle. Current law only punishes people for driving an uninsured vehicle, meaning that people can only be caught on the road.
These new regulations will follow existing rules on road tax in making it possible to identify uninsured vehicles using databases from the DVLA and the insurance industry.
Cars identified as uninsured will be flagged up, and a warning letter sent to the car's registered keeper. Failure to respond to the warning letter will result in a £100 fine, and failing that the owner could find their car seized and crushed.
Around 2 million motorists are estimated to drive around uninsured (6.5% of all motorists in the UK), and these drivers are said to add approximately £30 per year to all of our insurance premiums.
Mr Fitzpatrick said: 'The selfish minority of drivers who refuse to insure their cars push up premiums for other motorists and kill or injure thousands of people each year.'
The new regulation does not affect cars with Statutory Off Road Notices (SORN).
Personally I think its a bit OTT - I can see where they are coming from but it will no be on offence to have a taxed car, on your property if it doesnt have insurance
New regulations make it an offence to own an uninsured vehicle
New rules on insuring vehicles have been set out that will make life much harder for those who own taxed vehicles without insurance.
Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick today announced that it will become an offence to keep an uninsured vehicle. Current law only punishes people for driving an uninsured vehicle, meaning that people can only be caught on the road.
These new regulations will follow existing rules on road tax in making it possible to identify uninsured vehicles using databases from the DVLA and the insurance industry.
Cars identified as uninsured will be flagged up, and a warning letter sent to the car's registered keeper. Failure to respond to the warning letter will result in a £100 fine, and failing that the owner could find their car seized and crushed.
Around 2 million motorists are estimated to drive around uninsured (6.5% of all motorists in the UK), and these drivers are said to add approximately £30 per year to all of our insurance premiums.
Mr Fitzpatrick said: 'The selfish minority of drivers who refuse to insure their cars push up premiums for other motorists and kill or injure thousands of people each year.'
The new regulation does not affect cars with Statutory Off Road Notices (SORN).