Interesting Facts

Under a new system called continuous insurance enforcement, motorists in the UK who fail to renew their car insurance in time face having their car clamped in their own driveway, seized and destroyed. (As of June 2011, the new system means cars must be insured at all times, and no longer have to be on the road in order to be seized. To get round it, drivers have to make an official declaration that the car is permanently off the road and not being driven.) Source

According to research carried out by DirectLine for the Daily Mirror, satellite navigation systems are being blamed for 300,000 road accidents each year. (Over 1.5 million drivers said that they had driven badly because they were consulting the devices, either by veering across lanes or making illegal manoeuvres. Might I suggest that if a sat-nav gives you an instruction that is likely to leave you in the middle of a river, or driving the wrong way down a road, ignore it.)

powered by ODEO According to the Times, uninsured vehicles are 10 times more likely to be involved in hit-and-run crashes. (It's estimated that 2 million vehicles, about 6 per cent of the UK vehicle fleet, are being driven by uninsured drivers. The Police now have the power to seize and destroy an uninsured vehicle.)