Cars To Look Out For!! Or Maybe Avoid!

By BudePeeps | Thursday, February 02, 2012, 15:10

Confused.com has revealed which cars are most likely to be driven by those who have committed driving offences.

Some cars are more noticeable than others.......

Based on the car insurance experts' own data, Confused.com identified the Land Rover Discovery HSE V6 TD and the Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE TD6 as the cars that are most likely to have been involved in exceeding the statutory speed limit on a public road.

Meanwhile, the drivers who've been caught on their phone or hand-held device, when their eyes should have been on the road, are more likely to be driving a Ford Galaxy Zetec, a BMW XSI Sport or a Volkswagen Polo e 60.

Most likely to have been caught driving without insurance are the drivers of the Vauxhall Astra Edition 16V Coupe. Meanwhile, Audi A3 drivers (S3 FSI t Quattro) are the top traffic light jumpers.

Government estimates put the number of British people driving without insurance at 1.4m, and have identified this as one factor in the rising costs of car insurance.

One car in particular topped the charts with 26% of Land Rover Discovery HSE V6 TD owners having exceeded the statutory speed limit on a public road. BMW 320 DM Sport and the Mini Cooper TD also featured with 20% and 19% of owners respectively being found to have broken the speed limit.

Using a mobile device is still a problem on Britain's roads, despite fines and points being issued if caught, with Ford Galaxy Zetec TDi drivers being the main culprits at 1.94% closely followed by the BMW XS I Sport with 1.77% of drivers being caught.

With regards to other driving offences, Confused.com found that drivers of the Vauxhall Zafira Design DTi were most likely to drive their vehicle with defective tyres, while Citroen Saxo VTR drivers were most likely to drive or attempt to drive whilst over the current alcohol limit.

Gareth Kloet, head of car insurance at Confused.com says: "The rules of the road are designed to help shape our driving habits and to maximise road safety. Our research has nevertheless shown that driving legally is clearly a challenge to a significant proportion of drivers.

"Keeping on the right side of the law will obviously help to not only minimise the cost of your insurance but also help keep you on the road and keep the roads safe."

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Your comments regarding the way the teenager looks after the car are rather harsh!!

By Landline Telemarketing at 09:37 on 03/02/12
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Take everything you read or hear with a large grain of salt. For example it is not unknown for wealthy doting fathers to spoil their yobby offspring. One example was the bloke who bought a 4x4 for his sons 17th birthday! The 4x4 remains in the fathers name on the V5 but he lends it to his son for eight years! Once the son reaches the age of 25 he is in with a chance of getting insurance in his own right. What would the insurance companies think of that one?

Another scam appears to be the driving of articulated lorries by casual drivers who are not on the policy. The lorry will pass ANPR but after it has hit you your insurance company will tell you it was running uninsured and your chances of any compensation are extremely small. (and this is with so-called Comprehensive Plus which is hardly worth the paper it is written on)

As to the teenager with the 4x4, when the car is sold, the punter who thinks he is buying a vehicle from a mature person ends up with a car that has been greatly abused, neglected, off-roaded and poorly maintained by a teenage know-all. This makes it a double con.

By Davey1000 at 03:42 on 03/02/12
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