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Offline Creatz

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Compulsory car insurance law change
« on: March 03, 2011, 08:42:22 am »
Hmm a few changes to the law

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/12614090

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Re: Compulsory car insurance law change
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2011, 02:06:05 pm »
It's not gonna do anything except:

- make insurers richer
- piss off those who legally don't need to insure the car.

People will still drive around without tax/insurance/mot. Stop using speed cameras to catch people wjogo 1mph* above the limit, and use them to catch people who don't have valid details instead.




*Yeah I know it's not actually 1mph.

The GTI isn't just a machine. It's very much a living, breathing thing.

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Re: Compulsory car insurance law change
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2011, 06:56:21 pm »
You only need to insure the car if it's not sorn'd so it basically stops people driving round with tax and no insurance
so if you sorn the car you don't need to insure it.

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Re: Compulsory car insurance law change
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2011, 07:32:57 pm »
i thought if the car is SORN and on a public road you still have to insure it regardless of tax mot and it being SORN
« Last Edit: March 03, 2011, 07:36:36 pm by Creatz »

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Re: Compulsory car insurance law change
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2011, 07:43:53 pm »
As I understand it, all vehicles that are used or kept on a public road including grass verges and ground adjoining the road must be taxed and must display a valid tax disc at all times and be insured.  If you make a SORN and keep the car off the road, it doesn't need taxing or insuring.


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Re: Compulsory car insurance law change
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2011, 08:02:27 pm »
I honestly don't see a problem with this as uninsured cars should not be on the road.
This will mostly affect the idiots who choose to drive their car without insurance.

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Re: Compulsory car insurance law change
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2011, 08:50:14 pm »
I don't see a problem either.

I think the fine should be harsher!

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Re: Compulsory car insurance law change
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2011, 09:16:16 pm »
i agree that everyone should have insurance and nothing makes me more angry than the idiots pushing the cost of insurance up every year
due to the ones who choose not to,but under certain circumstances,for example some one might have a kit car they have garaged,and only
use it for summer will now have to insure it and i think its fair to say they shouldn't have to.

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Re: Compulsory car insurance law change
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2011, 09:31:47 pm »
No they don't have to insure it if it's of the road it's to stop the idiots who drive without insurance or leave
pieces of s*it parked in the street.

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Re: Compulsory car insurance law change
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2011, 09:43:40 pm »
I would still want insurance anyway.

A SORN doesn't stop a thief!

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Re: Compulsory car insurance law change
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2011, 10:08:49 pm »
Its not going to stop the pikeys as they have no fixed address.
Or stop the ones who buy a car from an auction that has tax on and gives a false name and address (unless theres a cop car behind that stops them) An ANPR camers will not work as the address is false.
The people that do it will still do it as the fine is just too low.
« Last Edit: March 04, 2011, 06:09:04 pm by Snoopy »
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Re: Compulsory car insurance law change
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2011, 06:28:37 am »
Talking to a friend in Oz they tell me that with road tax there is compulsory insurance included... Seems a good idea on the face of it.

Difficult to retrospectively introduce here maybe a) we pay too much rt already b) our insurances prolly would NOT go down c) arseholes still drive with RT d) government are fannies e) insurance companies like all others in the chain are robbing profit cash mongering barstewards.

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Re: Compulsory car insurance law change
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2011, 03:12:24 pm »
hmmm  adding the cost of 12 months road duty to your insurance would be a good idea,and
then the dvla receive a notification to send you a tax disc and you can spread the payments.