Uninsured cars crackdown due in June
With the final preparations for the Continuous Insurance Enforcement scheme underway, it could be as early as June that drivers begin to receive letters if they own an uninsured vehicle.
The Department for Transport is revising its rules regarding car insurance, making it mandatory for all vehicles to be insured unless they are subject to a Statutory Off Road Notice, commonly known by its acronym SORN.
Enforcement takes three stages - a warning letter, a £100 fine if no action is taken, then finally the potential for the vehicle to be seized and destroyed or clamped.
However, research conducted by the AA has found three in five motorists do not even know the changes are taking place.
AA Insurance director Simon Douglas says: "It is vital that the government undertakes a campaign to increase awareness."
AA Insurance estimates the average car insurance premium is £30 higher due to the costs which rise from uninsured motorists, with 160 deaths each year from dangerous driving by untraceable individuals.
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