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My car was very nearly uninsured for a day (would have been tomorrow) while changing insurers.


Luckily I realised in time to sort it out.


If it had been, and had been parked on the road but not driven for that day, could that have had any implications for future insurance, or would I just be thanking my lucky stars that nobody had run into it?

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Alan Medic Wrote:

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> You would probably be breaking the law for that

> day as it was on the street. Who is to know you

> weren't insured for a day and didn't have your car

> off street?



I'm assuming there are shared records between insurance companies, police etc and that therefore it could at some time have come to light.


I think if a car is uninsured and off the road you have to make an official declaration now to that effect (SORN??)


What I wasn't sure about is whether the one day would have affected anything in the future.


I did consider just taking the risk but I am too easily stressed and would have worried about it ever after!! Luckily in the end it was sorted in time.

Not sure what department ie police dvla or council.but there are vans with cameras fitted to each corner of the roof that drive around 24/7.checking car number plates ie tax insurance not.the best time they tend to catch people is between 12am and 6am .any car found without any of the above 3 will be clamped straight away and a notice put on your car saying why it's been clamped.so even if a genuine mistake has been made and say your insurance as run out say 20minutes ago they will know straightaway.the reason I said between 12am and 6am most people are in doorz asleep apart from the night workers of course.

The authorities are after those driving dangerous vehcles, avoiding tax and generally those who flout the law (often those driving uninsured may be up to no good).


We shouldn't get into a panic about the odd day. Worse would be if the vehilce was nicked when uninsured.


I did enjoy the car clamped over the road for non-payment of VED (car tax).


If you are a net twitcher you can check whether your dodgy neigbour's car is taxed and MOTd using DVLA checker or this one https://cartaxcheck.co.uk/

malumbu Wrote:

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> Worse would be if the vehilce was nicked when

> uninsured.



I think that's probably one thing I don't need to worry about, as it's coming up to its nineteenth birthday next month :))


Though having said that, I did once have an old banger stolen from a tiny carpark where I worked. A student (I am assuming) took the keys from my coat pocket where I had stupidly left them. It never turned up, not even burned out somewhere.


However I got much more for it than I was expecting, as it was a couple of weeks before Christmas and I think the insurance company took pity on me :))

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