Today police seized the one millionth uninsured car in a crackdown that began back in 2005 when police were given powers to stop vehicles identified as being driven without insurance. Since then, an average of 500 vehicles have been seized each day with an estimated 30% of them crushed.
AA Insurance director Simon Douglas said: “A million cars seized is great news, yet there are still an estimated 1.2 million vehicles on Britain’s roads being driven without cover. That’s around one out of every 25.
”The MIB, which provides compensation to innocent victims involved in collisions with uninsured drivers and drivers who fail to stop, is doing great work with the police and community leaders to get through to persistent offenders.
“But we are still a long way from cleaning up Britain’s roads. In uninsured driver hot-spots such as parts of Birmingham, innocent motorists are eight times more likely than average to be hit by an uninsured vehicle.”
He added that West Midlands Police alone were seizing, on average, one uninsured vehicle per hour.
The millionth seizure comes on the same day the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) revealed that Bordesley in Birmingham has the highest concentration of uninsured drivers, with eight times the number of motorists driving vehicles without cover compared to the national average.
On conviction a motorist can receive points 6 – 8 penalty points on their license as well as a financial penalty and have their cars seized by the police. Find out more about No Insurance
Aug, 21, 2012