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Car insurance stringency 'helps police fight other crimes' - 17/01/2008
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The British Insurance Brokers Association (Biba) observes that tracking down car insurance dodgers overlaps with the drive to cut down on crimes.
According to Graeme Trudgill, technical and corporate affairs executive for Biba, many vehicles that are not covered by car insurance are used by criminals to escape from crime scenes.
As such, heightened measures to help law enforcers track down cars without cover contributes to the fight against a broad sweep of illegal activity, he explains.
New rules mean that police can access a motor insurance database and have the power to seize uninsured vehicles.
Furthermore, automatic number plate-reading cameras scan and detect uninsured cars that are on the database and sends messages to the police, enabling them to track down the vehicles.
"So it's now very useful for the police who have stopped people on the way to rob a bank in an uninsured vehicle. They pulled them over, searched the car and they caught them. So it does help greatly with other crimes," Mr Trudgill asserts.
The Motor Insurers' Bureau reports that uninsured driving costs motorists more than £500 million a year - a premium hike of £30.
Each year, 160 road deaths are caused by drivers without car insurance.
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