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The Police here (Dyfed-Powys Police) are running a campaign "Get Insured or Get it Seized" which highlights their powers to seize vehicles that are on the roads unlawfully, such as when there is no valid insurance in force. In an article in the local newspaper they spoke of "persons driving without the correct documents", and I enquired of the Police if this meant carrying one's Certificate of Insurance. A helpful lady in their Press Office replied as follows:
“Since the inception of special powers (Section 165) given to the Police we can now seize any vehicle whereby the driver cannot prove that he/she has valid insurance for the vehicle or an officer suspects that the vehicle is being driven without insurance. I would advise you to visit the MIB's (Motor Insurers' Bureau) database www.askmid.com
and input your registration number - it will indicate whether your insurance company has registered your vehicle as insured. If it comes up RED and shows the vehicle as uninsured get in contact with your insurance company as you could be at risk of having your vehicle seized under Section 165.”
“Since the inception of special powers (Section 165) given to the Police we can now seize any vehicle whereby the driver cannot prove that he/she has valid insurance for the vehicle or an officer suspects that the vehicle is being driven without insurance. I would advise you to visit the MIB's (Motor Insurers' Bureau) database www.askmid.com
and input your registration number - it will indicate whether your insurance company has registered your vehicle as insured. If it comes up RED and shows the vehicle as uninsured get in contact with your insurance company as you could be at risk of having your vehicle seized under Section 165.”
Asked on 21 March 2009 by
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Honest John
Many thanks. I have run this before several times, advising readers to check at www.askmid.com by inputting their registrations. If it does not come up as insured, then not only get in touch with your insurer about putting your reg on the MID, but also carry your certificate of insurance in case you are stopped. The cops ran an ANPR in my town on Friday 13th February, so heavy-handedly they nearly gave one poor old fellow a heart attack as well as a public humiliation while they blocked the traffic at a pinch point on the zebra crossing zig-zags in Weybridge High Street. There were about 8 officers on it at one stage, with three cars and a motorcycle as well as the van, and right through the day.
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