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Originally Posted by Neil
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Originally Posted by gpick24
You can check whether a car is insured for free here - http://ownvehicle.askmid.com/
You`re only supposed to use it to check your own car, but who`ll know. |
First one on the street I picked isn't, mine is  |
First time I heard about AskMid - I checked to see if my car was on it, and it wasn't. I 'phoned my insurers and it got sorted in about a week. Just because a car isn't on the database, it doesn't mean it's uninsured.
It's only really used by the DVLA when you're trying to buy your road fund licence online, and by the police.
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Originally Posted by gpick24
A guy I used to work with told me he was driving along one gloomy day, went under a bridge. The combination of gloomy day and driving under the bridge turned on his automatic headlights. A car was waiting at the junction just after the bridge, and thinking he`d flashed him pulled out.
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Yet another rreason to get rid of these cr*ppy driving aids like parking sensors and wipers that come on by themselves. They are removing the skill from driving, anyway, but when they are sending false messages it's time for them to go.