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Registered drivers who do not have insurance will receive a warning and then a £100 penalty.
More restrictive car insurance rules have come into effect as the government seeks to clamp down on uninsured drivers.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13836625
Of course it will all be down to enforcement.
A warning and £100 penality??? The only way to be a proper deterrent is if the penalty is more than insurance might reasonably be, otherwise there's a psychology to 'taking the risk' that you're not caught, and even if you are you're not too much out of pocket...
Not exactly a crack down, more of a slap on the wrist.
Sounds to me like what will be considered a "revenue stream" and there will be a funding crisis in the future because too many people have insurance and predicted reciepts from fines are too low (like the council's bleating about not enough people parking illegally to maintain parking ticket returns).
Why not just send them an invoice for insurance under an uncompetitively priced "national (car) insurance" scheme? The letter can state that they have forfeited their right to choose the cheapest insurer on the open market and have been enrolled by default. If you don't pay up, we'll seize your car and sell/scrap it to cover the cost of a years insurance. If it doesn't cover that cost, you are liable for fines for the rest of it.
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