Lib Dems attack government over car insurance

August 14, 2007 by admin  
Filed under News, News-Insurance

The Liberal Democrats have attacked the government’s fines for those drivers who have not taken out car insurance as not going far enough.

Government figures unearthed by the party appear to show that the price of taking out the cover is on average twice as high as the fine levied for not having it.

Furthermore, of the estimated 2.1 million Britons who do not drive with the appropriate cover, just one fifth are caught by police.

Shadow transport secretary Susan Kramer said: “This demonstrates the inadequacy of fines for uninsured drivers. By fining offenders significantly less than the cost of insurance, the Government are hardly sending out the right message.

“Much more needs to be done. Unless the Government can reverse this trend all drivers will pay the price.”

The Liberal Democrats also picked out wide regional variations in the fines, which might be said to further undermine their credibility: while an average of £116 was levied in Durham, this swelled to £367 in Derby.

Tags: uninsured drivers, wide regional variations, Dems, GBP, cover, Insurance

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