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Car Ownership / Insurance Question

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  • thenudeone
    thenudeone Posts: 4,462 Forumite
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    hubert_cumberdale wrote: »
    for lazer

    for a car to be driven there must be an insurance certificate somewhere on the planet with its number plate on before any third party extensions can be considered

    We are going round in circles. I have already posted here (with links to legislation) that this is not the case! [post 36]
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  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    thenudeone wrote: »
    We are going round in circles. I have already posted here (with links to legislation) that this is not the case! [post 36]
    Is that post thirty-six that mentions s143 of the RTA?
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  • Gene_Hunt_2
    Gene_Hunt_2 Posts: 3,902 Forumite
    lucy_w86 wrote: »
    Hi, there seems to be some confusion over my post.

    As the owner of the vehicle, do I have to be insured on the vehicle even though I won't be using it? My partner is using the car, it's remaining in my name and he will inform his insurance that I own it and he is driving it. I just want to make sure that as the owner of the vehicle, I don't require my own insurance and my partner can drive it under his own policy.


    No you don't.
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    Gene_Hunt wrote: »
    No you don't.
    But the car does need to be insured.
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    Flyboy152 wrote: »
    But the car does need to be insured.

    No-one is arguing with that statement!
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    Quentin wrote: »
    No-one is arguing with that statement!
    Sorry, but there have been several posters who have.
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    It doesn't need it's own insurance though. I can drive an otherwise un-insured car on my third party extension on my policy.
    But this will go on forever.
    (Well, until the law on sorning an uninsured car changes anyway)
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    edited 18 January 2011 at 7:50PM
    mikey72 wrote: »
    It doesn't need it's own insurance though. I can drive an otherwise un-insured car on my third party extension on my policy.
    But this will go on forever.
    Yes it does. Try reading the Road Traffic Act.

    Here's a hint: section 144.
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • Gene_Hunt_2
    Gene_Hunt_2 Posts: 3,902 Forumite
    mikey72 wrote: »
    It doesn't need it's own insurance though. I can drive an otherwise un-insured car on my third party extension on my policy.
    But this will go on forever.
    (Well, until the law on sorning an uninsured car changes anyway)

    Me too.:D:T
  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    Ohh, no it doesn't!
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