According to new data from the AA the motoring elite are increasingly being caught without car insurance. 150,000 uninsured vehicles were seized by the police in 2007, a major increase on 2006’s figure of 78,000.
However on a positive note the increasing number of people being caught without valid cheap car insurance is reflecting in a fall in claims for accidents with uninsured drivers.
The number of top range, expensive vehicles being caught is due to the advanced technology number plate recognition tools that police are now using. The AA president, Edmund King said: "The more widespread use of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras by the police means the net is closing in on uninsured motorists. Some motorists feel driving a top of the range car means they are less likely to be stopped. This may have been true a few years ago but the camera does not discriminate."
He continued: "However, some villains are trying to stay one step ahead of the chase by using foreign number plates to try to avoid detection. We need to increase the checks on foreign registered vehicles - plates from a left-hand drive eastern European country on a right-hand drive car is often a sign."
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