More than 300,000 learner drivers are thought to be breaking the law by driving without insurance
cover.
In most cases, this is as a result of the 'extortionate costs' involved in adding the names of learner drivers to insurance policies held by their parents, claims insurance firm Young Marmalade.
'Traditional car insurance policy holders have to pay a surcharge of between £2,000 and £50,000 per year to add a 17 year learner driver to an existing policy," says a spokesman.
'Rather than pay, thousands of people are risking their own and other people's lives by driving uninsured,'
The firm claims to have revolutionised car insurance for 17 year old learner drivers with a new cover called Provisional Marmalade. Purchased over the internet, it is in the name of the learner so as not to risk parents' no-claims bonus arrangements and is paid monthly in advance.
Source: www.ayrshirepost.net
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