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Caught without Insurance but have a valid Certificate of Insurance

Frank_DeFord · 2024-02-23 10:45:14

Hi Forum, Here's a doozy: My car insurance which had always auto-renewed did not auto-renew. The emails all looked the same to me, and I should have checked and double-checked, but this year instead of an auto-renewal, it cancelled. I was on a journey, and during that journey a camera picked it up and sent me a letter,…

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TooManyPoints Posts: 1,803 Forumite

28 February 2024 at 10:09AM edited 28 February 2024 at 10:10AM

Thanks for letting us know. It helps when advising others.

I think the lesson that you have learned is one that I often point out to others: simple clerical errors do not generally provide defences to criminal charges. They are usually readily rectified in court (by which time the final cost will have increased considerably).

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