UK drivers are paying an average of an extra £31 each year to cover for those who are uninsured, new research has revealed.
Comparethemarket.com reports that the total cost of uninsured road users is over £500 million for UK drivers.
The study, conducted by YouGov on behalf of the firm, found that 79 per cent of correspondents to one of its surveys feel the average fine of £250 for driving without
car insuranceis too low.
In the survey, 68 per cent of motorists who were involved in an accident with an uninsured driver had to incur liability. Almost half claimed they had to pay on their own insurance, at the risk of jeopardising their no claims, and 19 per cent said they paid for the accident cost themselves.
Theresa Villiers, shadow secretary of state for transport told Comparethemarket.com that insured drivers were "adding money on to every law-abiding driver's insurance premium at a time when the cost of living is increasing sharply."
In related news, elephant.co.uk has released details of unusual reasons for people claiming on their
car insurance, according to the Telegraph.
One man claimed that his windscreen had melted when a Harrier jet crash landed nearby and burst into flames.
Another said their windscreen was destroyed by squirrel throwing a nut from a tree nearby.