Dishonest drivers add £50 to car insurance premiums
Honest UK motorists are paying £1.25 billion a year to support the activities of dishonest drivers.
According to research from Co-operative Insurance, the average car insurance premium carries a £50 penalty to cover costs incurred by uninsured and fraudulent road users.
Launching a joint initiative with road safety charity, Brake, Co-operative Financial Services chief operating officer, Tim Franklin, said: “Millions of people are deliberately flouting the law by not insuring their cars at massive cost to honest road users and the wider insurance industry, posing an unnecessary and unjustified risk.”
He added: “Whilst work is continuing to highlight the dangers of uninsured drivers – and keep them off the UK’s public highways – by the police, road safety groups and the insurance industry, there is clearly more to be done.”
Last month The Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) identified the UK’s uninsured driving hotspots, placing Barkerend in Bradford (BD3) at the top of the list.
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