Hampshire Constabulary is this week taking part in ‘Op Drive Insured’ as part of a national effort to reduce uninsured driving levels and protect road users.
The week-long campaign between 15th-21st November 2021 has been developed by the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) and NPCC’s National Roads Policing Operations, Intelligence and Investigations (NRPOII). It means that Islanders will see an increase in roads policing activity to detect and seize uninsured vehicles.
During the week of action, Police Officers will access MIB’s Motor Insurance Database (MID) – a central record of live UK motor insurance policies – to see if motorists’ licence plates show their vehicle as insured. If the validity of insurance is disputed by the driver, MIB will liaise in real-time with the insurer in question to confirm if the vehicle has valid insurance.
Uninsured drivers will likely have their vehicle seized (and potentially crushed), receive a £300 fixed penalty notice and 6 penalty points. Furthermore, uninsured motorists could face court and receive an unlimited fine and/or a driving ban. A criminal record can also affect job prospects.
MIB which is a not-for-profit organisation that compensates victims of uninsured and hit-and-run drivers, supported over 26,000 injured victims in 2020 – equating to one injury every 20 minutes.
Ben Fletcher, Chief Customer Officer at MIB, said:
“Put simply, uninsured motorists are very dangerous. They cause a worryingly high level of collisions and are frequently involved in wider crime. By using MIB’s Motor Insurance Database police can easily see if a vehicle appears to have no insurance and will take swift action to remove the threat. Op Drive Insured serves as an important reminder that no one is above the law and illegal motorists will be caught.”
Driving insured? Be confident with MIB’s quick guide
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It is hilarious, e scooters are banned from all public roads, pavements or spaces yet Halfords are churning them out, i was surprised when i went in the other day to see how many they had and still we see people brazenly riding them on the pavements here in Ryde, Beryl scooters with stern notices on them that they are not to be ridden on pavements or carry passengers happily using the pavements as their personal race tracks so how about cracking down on these as well.
Why ?, ANPR not good enough,if each driver fined £300 and on the Island may catch 5/6 at least a day would easily pay for police to do all the time, not a one off week and telling drivers who are not legal to give it a break until they(police) todle off again. Some uninsured just a mistake, others deliberate,if fine only £300 for them it’s cheaper than insurance when premiums for them might be couple of grand. Would be better either enforcement to take insurance or fine to match what their ins for the car would be!
When you say £300 is cheaper than insurance, don’t forget that they have to pay the fine, but they STILL have to pay to insure their car, therefore the fine is EXTRA to the car insurance, NOT instead of.
In for a busy week then.
I’m sure you’ll have a productive week!!!!
That’s their works Xmas party payed for then
Thats it, give out plenty of notice that you are having a crack down on a specific target. Anyone else see the irony here?
plato, The least they catch, to THEM the better. Then they can tell us, that ‘People are overly worried about crime, than the TRUE amount of crime happening’
That way less work for them and the stats just show that ‘DETECTED crime is lower than the dim worried public imagine. Yet WE know differently.
That is the problem with stats, depends on how honestly they are collated.
Why isn’t every police car on the Island fitted with ANPR? Far more effective at catching the uninsured….