Seven uncovered motorists have cars seized
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SEVEN uninsured drivers were caught and six vehicles were seized by police last weekend during a crackdown on motorists without policy cover.
Now the six who had their vehicles empounded face have 14 days to pay a £150 fixed fee and provide valid insurance details, or their motors will be sold or crushed.
Northern Constabulary ran the enforcement campaign between 7am on Friday August 26 to 7am Monday August 29 using Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology to cross check every vehicle that passed with the Motor Insurance Bureau and DVLA records.
Uninsured drivers are costing law abiding motorists around £30 extra per annum on their insurance premiums and police are encouraging motorists to report drivers who they suspect may be driving without insurance.
Of the seven drivers caught without insurance, six of them had their vehicles seized. They now face a mandatory £150 fixed fee and will have to pay £20 per day storage costs until they retrieve their vehicle. These drivers have just 14 days to claim it, pay the fine and provide valid insurance details or their vehicle will be sold or crushed.
Two drivers were also caught without a licence and one of those vehicles was seized. Four of those caught were detected by ANPR cameras.
Police will continue to use information provided by the public and ANPR to catch those motorists who fail to insure their vehicles.
Head of the force’s Dingwall-based Road Policing Unit, Inspector Derek Paterson, said, "We clearly advised people before the weekend of enforcement that they should not be driving without insurance and obviously there were those who failed to heed that warning.
