Ftao Chuck Fickens

[hc4361]

You are a respected contributor to this site and a lot of us take your advice as 'gospel'.
Sorry to say you gave very bad advice today because the law has changed and as it is such an important and re-occurring question you need to be aware of the current laws.

It concerns uninsured vehicles. The case was that the driver was insured and not the car, as you pointed out earlier. The law has changed requiring all vehicles not SORN'd to be insured in their own right.

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-insurance/uninsured-vehicles

I know you like to keep up to date and informed. Hope I have not offended you - there is now way of sending a PM

[Nibble]

Thanks for the link, hc, I just tried MY car through it, yippee I'm legal..... ;)

[ChuckFickens]

Of course I'm not offended, HC :

A car is still not insured through (motor insurance is protection against liability from a 3rd party, and a car can't be liable for anything, only the driver can)... but yes, you are correct, a vehicle does now have to be either explicitly named in a policy for it to be on the road at all, or owned by a party that has any vehicle insurance that covers it.

[Wharton]

Not much cover on that avatar^