Here’s a scary statistic: A recent study conducted by an insurance comparison site in the UK revealed that one in six British drivers is motoring without car insurance.
Four percent of the participants in the study admitted to breaking the law by driving without auto insurance, with roughly half claiming they were unaware insurance was required. One in every eight respondents said they lacked the necessary free time to renew their policies, and some said they felt that they didn’t need car insurance because they would never be in an accident.
Steve Sweeney, a representative for the site that hosted the survey told the press, “No matter how safe you think your driving is, if you are involved in a crash and you don’t have insurance, you could face thousands of pounds in liability, a conviction including six points on your licence as well as the headache of charges up to GBP 5,000.”
The Motor Insurers Bureau (MIB) says that uninsured motorists fork over GBP 380 million every year for causing damages to other drivers. “The facts speak for themselves, it really isn’t worth taking the risk, and for those who are foregoing car insurance for cost reasons, it is clearly a false economy,” added Sweeney.
The survey also found that men are more likely to drive uninsured (almost one in five of them) and that younger drivers were the biggest on-road risk takers with 28% of those between the ages of 18 and 34 driving without car insurance coverage.
And you thought American drivers were risky!