Drivers who think they may need a card have been advised to apply one month in advance.
File photo Image: Brian Lawless/PA Wire/PA Images File photo Image: Brian Lawless/PA Wire/PA Images ONE MILLION GREEN Card forms have been issued to insurance providers by the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland in preparation for a potential no-deal Brexit.In January, motorists were told they would require an insurance Green Card to travel to Northern Ireland and the UK in the event of Britain leaving the European Union without a deal.
Those who plan on travelling after that period have been advised to contact their insurance company or broker one month in advance of their expected travel date. Green Cards are documents which provide proof of insurance cover to law enforcement agencies in the relevant country. The MIBI has warned that motorists who drive in Northern Ireland or the UK without a Green Card, if no Brexit deal is agreed, “could possibly be subjected to the penalties for driving uninsured after that date”.
Fitzgerald said that under a no-deal Brexit, Irish insurance documentation “may no longer be recognised by the law enforcement authorities in Northern Ireland or the rest of the UK”. He noted that penalties for driving in these countries without insurance include having your vehicle seized at the side of the road, fines and impoundment.
Robert Troy, Fianna Fáil’s Spokesperson on Transport, noted that around 13,000 cross-border journeys are made by those driving heavy goods vehicles and light goods vehicles every day.
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