The number of claims for incidents involved uninsured cars or those that cannot be traced jumped 11% last year
Every motorist's premium is up to €35 higher to cover the cost of claims made involving uninsured or untraced vehicles. Photograph: iStock
They either assume they are invincible on the road and therefore will never need insurance, or simply could not care for those they may injure, maim or kill or the cost of the repairs that they will burden others with. The number of claims for accidents caused by vehicles that were either uninsured or were never traced jumped 11 per cent last year to just shy of 2,000. Unsurprisingly perhaps, the largest number by far were in Dublin, followed by Cork, Limerick, Kildare and Galway.Trump Media’s convenient complaint about short sellers
Frustration on all sides over the rising trend is reflected in a new data sharing agreement which means that, since November last, the MIBI gives the insurance details for three million insured vehicles on Irish roads to An Garda Síochána, allowing gardaí to check the insurance status of any vehicle simply by scanning its registration plate.
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