I thought I'd stick this in here seeing as a lot of people don't bother to go down to the What's in the news category and it's quite an important issue.
Compulsory insurance on the cards for drivers
10:30AM Sunday April 13, 2008
Transport Safety Minister Harry Duynhoven believes there is a considerable ground swell of support for compulsory third party vehicle insurance.
The government is preparing plans to require every driver to have at least third party cover, so others will not be left out of pocket when a crash occurs.
Mr Duynhoven says at least a third of motorists do not have any form of vehicle insurance and insurance companies spend up to $80 million a year recovering crash costs from uninsured drivers.
He believes compulsory insurance would change attitudes to driving and could even reduce the number of crashes.
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