Uninsured drivers targeted by Yorkshire Police.

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Police in Yorkshire are targeting uninsured drivers with powers to remove and crush offenders vehicles  - 10th February 2008 

The Yorkshire Post is reporting that there is to be a major crackdown on uninsured drivers in Yorkshire with the police having powers to confiscate and crush offenders’ vehicles.

This is good news for all those unfortunate enough to have been involved in a road accident with an uninsured driver, and those law abiding motorists who pay expensive insurance premium which are inflated because of those who choose not to pay.

Many insured drivers will have had to make a car accident claim on their insurance despite the accident not being their fault after being in a collision with an uninsured driver.

Their have been links made between uninsured drivers and other offences such as hit and runs or driving unroadworthy vehicles, and a clampdown should help improve road safety and reduce other criminal activities.

The number of vehicles taken off the road by police has rocketed with an increase from 78,000 in 2006 to around 150,000 in 2007.

In some postcodes in Yorkshire it is estimated that more than 50 percent of vehicles are uninsured