Clamp down on uninsured drivers

The country's major political parties have been urged to clamp down on uninsured drivers.With general election campaigns now underway, the insurance industry is calling for an all-party commitment to the improvement of road safety. According to a report from the Association of British Insurers (ABI), Britain has one of Europe's highest levels of car insurance dodgers. Nick Starling, the ABI's director of general insurance, said: "These proposals must not become the innocent victim of the politics of the general election.""There must be no let up in the cross - party effort to crack down on uninsured driving." It is believed that at any one time around five per cent of UK drivers are uninsured. The introduction of tighter insurance controls should drop premium costs for honest drivers who currently pick up the costs of the uninsured.