New car insurance legislation introduced
Posted by Richard Sinclair
New legislation designed to reduce the number of uninsured drivers in the UK has been introduced.
The new Continuous Insurance Enforcement law makes it an offence to keep an uninsured vehicle.
Those who own a car that is not declared off the road but is also not insured will receive a letter from the government ordering them to take action.
People who do not then take out car insurance or declare their vehicle off the road will face a £100 fine and could have their car clamped, seized and destroyed.
Ashton West, chief executive officer at the Motor Insurers' Bureau, said: "It's no longer a case of if you will get caught, but when you will get caught."
Last month, What Car? magazine claimed that more than 80 per cent of motorists living in the UK are paying more for their car insurance this year than they did last year.
