In the UK each year nearly a quarter of a million people are convicted because they are caught driving with no insurance. Staggering statistics until you consider that as many as 1 in 5 young drivers are driving without insurance, younger people are also 10 times more likely to be involved in a road traffic accident.
Of all these uninsured drivers many are not regular drivers and may have just borrowed the car from their parents or a friend or relative. Many young drivers, around ten percent, do not realise that they need insurance, it could be that they think the insurance of the car owner will cover them. Most comprehensive policies now no longer cover you to drive someone else's car third party.
With this amount of confusion, fraud and an increased likelihood of getting caught it is important that you are properly insured if you are going to drive another car for the day. You can now get car insurance for a day which gives you the same type of cover as a standard car insurance policy but for a much shorter period. This can be anywhere up to 28 days or as little as just one day.
So you could be hiring a car, borrowing a car from a friend or relative, taking a car on a test drive for the day or driving a car back home that you have just purchased. In all cases you will need insurance, not only is it illegal to drive without insurance but if you have an accident your car will not be covered. If you end up writing off your car you will not only lose your car but end up being prosecuted too.
You can get a one day car insurance policy online and the policy is activated immediately. You will be covered to drive the car straight away. If you find that you need to extend your duration of cover you can do easily online at any time of the day or night.
Click here to get a quote and choose a short term policy if you are at least 25 years of age. Under 25's can take out a pay as you go policy that allows you to buy cover for a month at a time. Get a quote now.
