Over one million brits risk driving without car insurance

1.15 1000000 Britons admit to having driven a car without car insurance in the last 12 calendar month, a study by Sainsbury's Car Insurance has revealed.

Driving a car without insurance is illegal in the UK, and those caught red-handed will either be fined, banned from drive, or could even have their car crushed. Despite these drastic penalties court cases are on the rise: the latest available fig reports 392,763 court cases against drivers without valid car insurance.

The bulk of wrongdoer were young people aged betwixt 17 and 24, with about 40 per cent of the respondents belonging to this age group, and a further 22 per cent aged 25 to 34.

From a geographical point of view Greater London tops the list of uninsured drivers with 6 per cent of people admitting to having driven without car insurance in the past year, whereas in the Midlands only one per cent of drivers flaunted the law.

The ground the respondents gave for not pickings out car insurance differed: 19 per cent said they could not afford it, another 19 per cent idea it was not necessity, 13 per cent forgot about it and about the same amount of people said they did not have the time to arrange it.

Sainsbury's Car Insurance is one of many motor insurance providers that could provide quick and easy cover for the 1.15 1000000 Brits who have broken the law in the last 12 months.

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