Technically, attending a drink-driving rehabilitation course will not reduce the cost of your car insurance premium, but it is still well worth doing. Taking a course can reduce the length of your ban, so you can get back on the road quicker. You will also be looked upon more favourably by insurers, who are often […]
Although the number of uninsured drivers in Britain has dropped, around 1.2 million are still on our roads, which has a detrimental impact on the cost of car insurance for everyone else. But worse still, if you are hit by an uninsured driver, knowing where to claim for damage or personal injury can be very confusing. […]
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Simply put, ‘totting up’ is the accumulation of penalty points on your driver’s licence. If you build up 12 points within three years, you will be issued a totting up or ‘TT99’ ban. The length of the ban is up to the court’s discretion, but it can be lengthy, depending on the nature of the driving offences and how quickly the points were totted […]
The current English drink drive limit is 35 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath – which is confusing enough as it is before you begin to consider what factors, other than alcoholic drinks, can affect your blood alcohol content. As such, Insurance Revolution has put together this simple guide of what factors could […]
The survey Are you a good driver? We conducted our own survey of the public, asking them if they believe they are a good driver. We asked 1,375 people the following question; To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement? ‘I am a good driver’ Strongly agree Somewhat agree Neither agree or disagree […]
The short answer is that it depends. If you are banned from driving for less than 56 days, this is known as a Short Period Disqualification (SPD), and you will usually not have to retake your test. If you receive a short-term ban, your licence will be stamped by the court and then returned to you. The stamp will […]
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Driving a motor vehicle in a public place without insurance is classed as a serious offence, and you will be issued an IN10 Conviction. IN10 convictions are issued to people who drive without having the minimum third-party-only cover in place. Third-party-only cover means that if you are involved in an accident with another person, your insurance […]
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We recently commissioned a survey of 2,000 drivers in the UK to find out about their perceptions of drunk driving, their knowledge of the law and whether they’ve drunk and driven (particularly at Christmas) in the past. We received some incredibly honest answers from our anonymous panel of 2,000 drivers (acquired through the OnePoll Panel). […]
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New drink-drive limits are in the pipeline and designed to make us all more responsible drivers and to make everyone around us, passengers, pedestrians, and even the neighbourhood cat, feel secure when someone is behind the wheel. The proposed new limits will see the level of alcohol allowed in the blood drop from 80mg per […]
Looking for the quick facts? Here are the key statistics our research into drug driving uncovered: 1 in 20 of people in the UK admit to having driven a car at least once while under the influence of illegal drugs 3% say they regularly do so 1 in 20 admit to having driven while drowsy […]