DVLA reminds motorists of new motor insurance law!
 

The DVLA in conjunction with the Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) and the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) are reminding drivers that a new law to be rolled out in late Spring will mean that they must keep their vehicle insured unless they have notified the DVLA that is it is being kept off the road.

Information about the new law is being distributed with all V11 tax renewal forms from March in addition to the guidance and video available now on Directgov.

David Evans, DVLA’s corporate affairs director, said:

“We know that uninsured drivers are a menace on our roads and add around £30 to honest motorists’ premiums.

“It is vitally important that motorists understand the change and how it will impact on them. That is why we have added new information to Directgov which offers clear advice to help motorists understand the new rules.”

Neil Drane, MIB’s head of motor insurance database services said:

“The change in law is a stepping up of enforcement activity, so that not only those vehicles driven without insurance will be caught. Now the registered keeper must make sure that their vehicle is insured all the time. And if it is, then they need not be concerned. The DVLA and MID will be systematically checked, so that the levels of uninsured driving are reduced even further.”

Graeme Trudgill, BIBA’s head of corporate affairs said:

“Continuous Insurance Enforcement will help reduce the £500 million burden on innocent motorists caused by uninsured drivers, vehicle keepers should ensure they stay insured or SORN their vehicle if it is laid up, vehicle keepers can always check at askmid.com or speak to their insurance broker or company if they have any doubt.”

For more information go to:

www.direct.gov.uk/stayinsured
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Sorry to be cynical but this seems to be imposing on all the legitimate road users at the expense of the (relatively) few scumbags.

Uninsured will just sorn them and still drive so cant see the reasoning behind this realy.

or they will not register it and the poor last owner will be guilty until proven innocent

oh goody, another stealth tax for those of us who have some fear of authority and something to lose.

going to be interesting to see how they police it; the insurance register isnt exactly accurate...

Hmm ... seems to me, once again, Government is increasing its efforts to punish those who are already being policed, whilst doing nothing to address those individuals who stand completely outside the law.

This does not clamp down on uninsured drivers, it simply closes the fist on those people at the margins, the partially compliant owners already in the system.

Government is always doing that. Either a quick fix and easy answers, or doing nothing at all.

My Dad will love it, he was only telling me today about how people are selling cars in Oxford that have been bought a couple of weeks earlier usually from Up-North and then park them in the road on the main routes in and out of the City with For Sale notices in the window. As long as they are taxed their is little the Police can do about it.

Maybe having to insure them will put people of using the roads as sales forecourts and if they SORN them then they can be removed from the roads.
The local dealers that pay rates for thier sale forecourts will probably be happy about the new law

Good point Kev, but I wonder if that is just a happy coincidence or if the Govt had intended this.

Thats what my Dad thought (had his own Car garage many years ago) but not according to the WPC my Dad talked to about it yesterday.
The local rag did a bit on it last week, with their reporter calling the number on one of the cars and waited by it for someone to arrive, apparently the guys dad had bought it two weeks earlier up-North and now wanted to sell it.

No a car has to be insured if it's parked on a public road.

They'll show them as 'in trade' with the DVLA and a multi car traders policy will cover them all.