Post Brexit car insurance

[Clive Gardner]

There is an upside,all the UK registered vehicles over here that do not regularly go back to the UK,many of them vans and are and have been flouting the laws for some time will now have a choice.As most of them reside here either permanently or in excess of 90/180 days (whichever is the law) they will have to register their vehicles here legally,take them back to the UK but run the risk of the boys in blue giving them a hard time/fine. If you don't have UK tax and MOT and continue driving over here then your insurance/assurance is invalid so if you have an accident whether liable or not you and anyone involved will not be covered and that could get messy. As I understand it vehicles that have not returned to the UK to sort out tax and MOT run the risk of seizure and possible destruction along with fines from the UK Customs who along with police have all UK details available via their onboard computers just by carrying out a PIN check. There are loads of ex-pats running around on UK plates illegally knowingly or unknowingly and have done for years. If the car isn't up to UK laws it would be regarded as SORN. In the village where I live there are two vehicles that have been parked up (off of the road) for at least two and a half years one English plate the other Northern Irish (I think). Don't know who owns them. Anyway enough of digressing,just do it legally however you have to for your own sake and peace of mind