{"id":4686,"date":"2011-01-11T16:48:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T16:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=4686"},"modified":"2011-01-11T16:48:42","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T16:48:42","slug":"new-crackdown-on-uninsured-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=4686","title":{"rendered":"New Crackdown On Uninsured Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An email alert from the DSA:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">New powers to tackle uninsured driving will come into force within months, Road Safety Minister Mike Penning announced today. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Under the new powers it will be an offence to keep an uninsured vehicle, rather than just to drive when uninsured. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Currently every responsible motorist pays an average \u00a330 each year within their premiums to cover crashes involving uninsured and untraced drivers. It is also estimated that uninsured and untraced drivers kill 160 people and injure 23,000 every year. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Mike Penning said: <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">&#8220;Uninsured drivers push up premiums for other motorists and often drive with no regard for other road users, so it is vital that we do everything we can to keep them off the roads. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">\u201cMore than 400 uninsured vehicles are already being seized by the police every day but it is simply not possible to catch every uninsured driver in this way. That is why we are bringing in these new powers which will help us to take targeted action while freeing up police time to deal with the hard core of offenders.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Ashton West, Chief Executive at the Motor Insurers\u2019 Bureau, said: <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">\u201cToday\u2019s news marks a significant step forward in the fight against uninsured driving. This means that as enforcement can take place for both keeping and driving a vehicle without insurance there will be no place for illegal motorists to hide. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">\u201cContinuous Insurance Enforcement (CIE) will complement and run alongside existing police roadside enforcement, which has already reduced uninsured driving by 20 per cent.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Under the new system: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080\">the DVLA will work in partnership with the Motor Insurers\u2019 Bureau to identify uninsured vehicles <\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080\">motorists will receive a letter telling them that their vehicle appears to be uninsured and warning them that they will be fined unless they take action <\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080\">if the keeper fails to insure the vehicle they will be given a \u00a3100 fine <\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080\">if the vehicle remains uninsured &#8211; regardless of whether the fine is paid &#8211; it could then be seized and destroyed \n     <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Vehicles with a valid Statutory Off Road Notice (SORN) will not be required to be insured. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">The Department for Transport today made the Commencement Order to make it an offence to be the registered keeper of a vehicle which does not have insurance, as well as regulations to support this. Further regulations will be made shortly, allowing the scheme to come into force in the Spring. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I agree wholeheartedly with cracking down on uninsured drivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An email alert from the DSA: New powers to tackle uninsured driving will come into force within months, Road Safety Minister Mike Penning announced today. Under the new powers it will be an offence to keep an uninsured vehicle, rather than just to drive when uninsured. 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