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Police crackdown on uninsured drivers
It is illegal to keep or use a motorised vehicle on UK roads without having valid tax and insurance. However, as many as 1 in 10 motorists fail to have insurance to protect themselves and other motorists in the event of a road traffic accident.
Around £850m is paid out each year by the insurance industry to compensate people who have been involved in road traffic accidents with uninsured drivers. This is ultimately paid for by law abiding motorists with an average of £30 being added to annual premiums to cover this cost.
New legislation has given police greater powers to crackdown on car insurance dodgers. The first widespread targeting of uninsured drivers has recently taken place, with over 400 vehicles being confiscated from their owners during a one-day pilot in the West Midlands, Greater Manchester and Merseyside.
Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras were used to target motorists who were driving without car insurance. The pilot has how been extended to Sussex and Bedfordshire and it will go nationwide from February 2006. It is believed that ANPR will have significant impact on the battle against uninsured drivers in the future.
Neil Drane, from the Motor Insurers’ Bureau, an organisation set to provide compensation to people who have been involved in road traffic accidents with uninsured drivers, welcomes any measures that are effective in reducing the number of uninsured drivers on the UK’s roads, ‘The success of the pilot in one day really backs up police claims that ANPR will have a significant impact on the battle against uninsured drivers. We are delighted’.
