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Sunday, September 7, 2008
Car Insurance - Cracking Down on Rogues
Being involved in an auto accident can be a stressful experience - there's the damage to have repaired, visits to the doctor for your injuries, and then there's all that paperwork for your insurance company to deal with.
However, the process of making a claim and recovering the money for repairs and medical bills can be a lot more stressful if the other driver is uninsured. According to research, uninsured drivers cost the insurance industry millions of pounds each year, which leads to increases in premiums - on average around £30 - each year. Accident statistics show that uninsured drivers are estimated to be involved in over 23,000 incidents per year - causing death and serious injury.
Research has shown that uninsured drivers are normally driving vehicles that are either not taxed or registered, whilst also having some form of driving penalty - usually a disqualification from driving. And with many drivers constantly complaining of rising car insurance prices, particularly during these difficult times of a credit crunch, it's no big surprise that uninsured drivers are one of the main pet peeves of road users.
Such is the concern for rising prices of car insurance, the Government has had to respond and propose measures to take action and target rogue drivers in an attempt to cut insurance premiums for law-abiding motorists. Indeed, keeping an car mobile and uninsured could soon become an offence, with police being able to match vehicle information to that contained on insurance databases and DVLA records, with warning letters being sent out to owners with the threat of vehicle seizure and even going so far as to crush them if no action is taken to register and insure the vehicle.
With the credit crunch affecting everything in our lives - from insurance to icing sugar - the new measures are sure to be popular with drivers who want to see their car insurance premiums reduced.
However, the process of making a claim and recovering the money for repairs and medical bills can be a lot more stressful if the other driver is uninsured. According to research, uninsured drivers cost the insurance industry millions of pounds each year, which leads to increases in premiums - on average around £30 - each year. Accident statistics show that uninsured drivers are estimated to be involved in over 23,000 incidents per year - causing death and serious injury.
Research has shown that uninsured drivers are normally driving vehicles that are either not taxed or registered, whilst also having some form of driving penalty - usually a disqualification from driving. And with many drivers constantly complaining of rising car insurance prices, particularly during these difficult times of a credit crunch, it's no big surprise that uninsured drivers are one of the main pet peeves of road users.
Such is the concern for rising prices of car insurance, the Government has had to respond and propose measures to take action and target rogue drivers in an attempt to cut insurance premiums for law-abiding motorists. Indeed, keeping an car mobile and uninsured could soon become an offence, with police being able to match vehicle information to that contained on insurance databases and DVLA records, with warning letters being sent out to owners with the threat of vehicle seizure and even going so far as to crush them if no action is taken to register and insure the vehicle.
With the credit crunch affecting everything in our lives - from insurance to icing sugar - the new measures are sure to be popular with drivers who want to see their car insurance premiums reduced.
Labels: Car Insurance - Cracking Down on Rogues
# posted by gopi @ 9:40 AM 
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