Transport secretary welcomes increase in registered vehicles
30/03/2005
The transport secretary Alistair Darling has welcomed new statistics revealing an increase in the number of registered vehicles on Britain's roads.
According to the figures, there are now over one million more licensed vehicles than this time last year - an increase of 3.4 per cent.
The figures follow the instigation of the new continuous registration scheme, which requires drivers to declare that they are no longer keeping or using a vehicle to crack down on the number of uninsured, untaxed automobiles.
"The figures show that tighter controls on registration are working, with over one million more people paying their road tax," said Mr Darling.
"Vehicles which had fallen out of the system are now properly registered and taxed and are being driven legitimately again. This makes the roads safer for all of us."
The transport secretary added that it was in all motorists' interests to clamp down on the minority of uninsured, unlicensed drivers who are often driving unroadworthy vehicles.
Research by Sainsbury's Bank released earlier this month found that law-abiding motorists were paying up to £600 million too much on their insurance premiums to compensate for damage caused by uninsured drivers.
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