Re: Speeding :(

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:02:45 +0100, David Griffith
<nntp-junk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The requirement is for insurance to UK standards, not insurance in your
home country. I was also talking about someone in the UK who owns a UK
registered and plated car, permitting someone from outside of the UK to
drive it (or claiming as such to the police/camera partnership), who
then speeds.

The UK standards are listed in s145 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (as
amended) but the most important one for this discussion is s145 (2) "The
policy must be issued by an authorised insurer."

"Authorised Insurer" is defined in s145 (5) as the same as in s95 (2)
which is

Authorised insurer" means an insurer who is a member of the Motor
Insurers Bureau (a company limited by guarantee and incorporated under
the Companies Act 1929 on 14th June 1946).

Many car owners have an insurance policy that covers any driver who
meets certain criteria, and so the foreign driver may well be covered
by the owner's policy.

I wonder if French and German tourists who visit the UK are insured by
an authrised insurer (and would know that they should be)?

--
Cynic

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