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Make car insurance cheaper by changing one word
Posted on 12/07/2007 at 12:06
Posted on 12/07/2007 at 12:06
It's always good to be able to save a bit of money on your car insurance. Most people are well aware of the usual ways to do this, such as using the Internet to compare prices. However, not many people know that you could make your car insurance quote up to 33% cheaper, simply by changing one word on the form. This handy tip comes as a result of research recently conducted by ...
Tougher test may reduce premiums for new motorists
Posted on 12/07/2007 at 11:35
Posted on 12/07/2007 at 11:35
Newly qualified motorists are not properly prepared to drive in real life conditions because the driving test in the UK is out of date, instructors and novice drivers have claimed.
Direct Line Car Insurance conducted a study which uncovered that three-quarters (75 per cent) of all UK driving instructors believe current driving test standards do not adequately prepare new drivers for th...
Direct Line hits out at quote comparison websites
Posted on 12/07/2007 at 11:30
Posted on 12/07/2007 at 11:30
Getting a quote to insure your car used to be an activity that could easily consume a weekend. Yellow pages and notebooks arranged about your person, you could spend hours next to the telephone, trying to find the insurer that would offer you the best deal. You’d give the same detailed information numerous times, and usually get promised a call back at the end (which would sometimes never mate...
Young motorists 'pay for drink driving'
Posted on 14/06/2007 at 20:46
Posted on 14/06/2007 at 20:46
Levels of drink driving have reached their highest in ten years, as an increasing number of young motorists get behind the wheel despite being over the limit, police have said.
According to the latest research, drivers aged between 17 and 24 now account for more than a quarter of all those arrested for drink driving, a statistic which is not wasted on the insurance companies.
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Will clean motorists end up subsidising those with points on their licence?
Posted on 07/06/2007 at 11:28
Posted on 07/06/2007 at 11:28
With more and more cameras appearing on the roads an increasing number of drivers are being caught speeding. It is unlikely that more of us nowadays are speeding but merely that it is far easier than ever before for the police to catch us breaking the law. According to 2004 figures 2.1 million drivers were given speeding tickets that year, accounting for just over one third of all driving offe...