Significant Auto Insurance

Archive for November, 2011

The number of uninsured drivers on UK roads has fallen by 25% in the past five years, according to the Motor Insurers Bureau (MIB).

However, illegal drivers in the West Midlands and West Yorkshire are holding back progress, with 17 of the 20 worst postcodes for uninsured drivers located in the regions.

Bordesley in Birmingham tops the hotspot list, followed by two other Birmingham post codes, with Bradford in West Yorkshire coming in at number four.

The Association of Chief Police Officers Road Policing lead, Chief Constable Phil Gormley, comments: Today there are 500,000 fewer of these [uninsured drivers] on the roads than five years ago.

There are areas of the United Kingdom however that continue to present a challenge for enforcement authorities.

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There’s nothing more frustrating than hopping in to you car (usually when your already running late) only to find it won’t start.

It’s a really annoying experience, and not one which would normally put a smile on your face, however, this story taken from BBC News may describe one of those odd occasions. When mechanic Andy Smith received a call to repair a broken-down jeep at a nearby Hampshire Farm, he presumed that it would just be another normal everyday job.

But after spending 20 minutes carrying out the usual diagnostic tests, Andy had still hadn’t figured out why the jeep was failing to start. As it had no power, he had assumed there might be a problem with the jeep’s turbo, but after further testing, he soon realised that the turbo was fine. Time for a little head scratching-the mystery grew!

Determined to get to the bottom of the issue, Andy carried out further tests and after taking the air intake off, he finally discovered the bizarre cause of the problem. To his amaz

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