Uninsured drivers “think they can get away with it”
May 2, 2008 by admin
Filed under News, News-Insurance
With as many as 350,000 uninsured motorists on the roads last year, there is concern that people do not view driving without insurance as a serious crime, believing instead that “they can get away with it,” says the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA).
One reason for this may be that the government has never come out with a campaign condemning uninsured driving and whilst people are aware that they should wear seatbelts, tax their cars and not drive after drinking, this issues does not seem to be on “everybody’s radar”.
Graeme Trudgill, technical and corporate affairs executive for BIBA, said: “People just don’t see it as a serious crime, they think they can pay £500 in insurance, or drive without it and if they get caught, they pay a £100 fine and that’s not too scary.”
According to MoneyExpert, 18 to 24-year-olds are the most likely to drive uninsured and 11 per cent of uninsured drivers say they can’t afford the premiums
BIBA says a new enforcement agency is going to be launched next year which will make uninsured driving more difficult and police now also have the power to seize vehicles if the driver is not covered.
I hate how prople assume if you dont have car insurance your a bad person.Poeople that don’t have money or mabey they lost a job may not be able to afford food gas and car insurance, in my case getting out of college and starting from scratch, I need a car to find a job, I live in a rural town and nothing is around thepeople who are lucky enough should thank god they don’t have to be made of as a monster…….jerks.
I guess the people who hit people with insurance are angles…..sounds like it’s a big money thing to me….also the people who are making this a big deal are people who were born in the 50’s and there preimium is like $400 a year I pay that to renew my contract…