Motorists who leave their car uninsured will face a £1000 fine even if the vehicle is in a garage or parked on a drive without being taken on the road, according to reports.
In addition, taxed but uninsured vehicles left on the road will be either clamped or seized under new proposals set to be unveiled by the government. At present, a car can be uninsured so long as it isn't driven.
To avoid a fine the owner of the vehicle will have to send a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).
If the plan is implemented, when an insurance policy lapses the DVLA will initially send out a reminder letter.
If no action is taken after a month the DVLA will issue a £100 fixed penalty notice which will be reduced to £50 if paid within 21 days.
If ignored stronger steps could be taken, including court action a fine up to £1000.
The government hopes its proposals will help tackle an estimated two million uninsured motorists who are responsible for 160 deaths and injure 23,000 people a year. It is estimated that uninsured drivers add around £30 a year to every motorist’s insurance policy - amounting to over £400 million a year in additional payments.
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Re: New rules for uninsured cars
So how will that affect the Trade? Surely Traders will get fed up with being hassled because each and every car on their forecourt will show as uninsured on the databse. And what about cars that are 'in limbo' between owners? Usually when people buy a new car they cancel the insurance on the old one if they want to sell it themselves.
Seems unworkable to me.
Kev.
Re: New rules for uninsured cars
This Government repeatedly drives me mad with its hairbrained interference. So, we are now to be compelled to insure ourselves to drive a car which we have no intention whatsoever of driving, all so that they can send us a £100 tax-raising fine for not doing so. All this so that insurers (ie policy holders) are made to pay for the crimes of the uninsured. You couldn't make it up.
If they were serious about reducing the number of uninsured drivers, they should address that, not increase stealth taxes.
Re: New rules for uninsured cars
Peter, Peter, Peter,
Translating this perplexegesis into what you might have meant, it's still as stuffy and mustily pompous as every other of your ticking-offies. This isn't a ticking-offie forum for knobheads, Peter, Peter. It's for car knobheads. As a retired crown green bowling linesman, I would expect you to be a bit more conscious of popular opinion, Peter, Peter.
Although no Quentin Crisp when it comes to a fruity rib-tickler, I think, on balance, I'd rather read Danny Bahr. After all, although ever since she first appeared on The Word I've never known what she's for, she used to have big bouncy honkers and makes some interesting points.
Now, can we please stop talking about big bouncy honkers and start talking about cars!