Majority of motorists support insurance law change

Fri, 27 Nov 2009

Changes to the law which will mean that keeping a vehicle without insurance will be classed as an offence is supported by the majority of motorists, according to the AA .

Around 69 per cent of the AA members surveyed approved plans for anyone who owns a car that is not insured, or does not have a Statutory Off Road Notification, to be committing a criminal offence . Those motorists in the 18-24 age bracket were least likely to approve of the proposals and only 25 per cent strongly agreed to the measures.

Paul Watters, head of public affairs at the car insurance provider, said: "The police already have the powers to confiscate uninsured vehicles which are on a public highway. However under new legislation, they will also have the power to issue penalties for offending vehicles that are on private land."

In October, the company announced that insurance premiums had risen by 5.6 per cent in the previous quarter, the largest increase since the British Insurance Premium Index for car and home insurance began in 1994.
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