Cheap car insurance news
01/02/2008

Roundabout crash driver not to lose car insurance rate

A Scottish pensioner has escaped a driving ban and a higher car insurance rate after causing an accident by driving the wrong way round a roundabout. His Renault 25 collided with a younger driver in a Ford Focus, despite evasive action.

The man, an ex-lawyer, claimed that he had been lost while trying to reach the M9 near Stirling, in Scotland, and had not realised in the rain that he was joining a roundabout. The original charge of dangerous driving was dropped when the prosecution accepted his guilty plea to the lesser charge of careless driving.

Stirling Sheriff Court heard that the man had disposed of his car and did not plan to drive again, and handed down a £350 fine and eight penalty points. The sheriff said, "The consequences of this accident could have been much more serious."

If the ex-lawyer should decide to drive again, this will have allowed him to find a cheaper policy on his car insurance rate than if the sentence had included a driving ban.

More Car Insurance News

Little penalty for first speeding offence
Renault roundabout crash
Vauxhall handbrakes to be fixed
VW sales figures may lower premiums
Toyota reveals cyberdome for safety
One in four drive without seatbelt
Underage driver in bookshop smash
Ex-Corrie star convicted of drink-driving
Thieves target BMWs in Littlehampton
Police advice reduces car crime
Council listens to road safety campaigners
Direct Line targets vandalism
Kent motorists most likely to win Lottery
Dangerous driver's sentence reduced
Council payouts save motor insurance rise
MIB targets drivers without insurance
Councillor risks car insurance quote
2008 Ford Focus launched
Reckless drivers caught in Perthshire
News -Dangerous driver jailed for showing off
Police crackdown confiscates 20,000 vehicles
Customers dispute insurance costs in 2007
Cost of living in 2007 affects car insurance
Wooden car becomes road legal
Admiral enters London Stock Exchange top 100
Confused.com tops Consumer Intelligence study
Swindon tops league of safest cities for car crime
Motor insurance industry growing
MIIRC wants "bumpers that bump"
Ford owners most loyal, finds car insurance firm

Motor Insurance News Archive

December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006
Car insurance news 2005

For more information, please see:

• Why choose duck2water?
• How to buy online
• Breakdown cover
• Glossary
• Customer testimonials

Get a cheap car insurance quote now!