The recommendations in the Greenaway Report are sensible and long overdue, says The AA Motoring Trust, which says that uninsured driving has been allowed to continue at unacceptable levels for too long.
Andrew Howard, head of road safety for The AA Motoring Trust, says: We are pleased that Professor Greenaway has recognised that more use must be made of the technology available, such as automatic numberplate recognition cameras linked to the Motor Insurance Database, to track down uninsured drivers.
Weve had a piecemeal approach to prosecuting motoring offences for many years up to now, if someone is caught driving without road tax, their insurance details are not automatically checked. This report has addressed this loophole, but it also needs to happen when people are caught for other offences, such as speeding.
We are also pleased that he has rejected calls for windscreen insurance discs and changing insurance cover from the driver to the vehicle. Insurance discs would have been unworkable, and vehicle-based cover would have taken no account of the risk posed by individual drivers.
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