more reason to buy a road angel,

18/01/2007 by dave.

Like many people in the UK i have got a road angel, which was bought for my by my kind and loving girlfriend for xmas this year. I haven’t really used it too much as i have only really been traveling to and from her house and to and from work, but i am alomst looking forward to the next longer trip i take so i can uses it properly.

The main reason i wanted a road angel was to look after my lisence as it already has 6 points on it and i can’t really afford to have anymore, i don’t race everywhere, or speed everywhere (i like to think i’ve grown out of that) but its not hard to be going 5mhp over the limit and get snapped by a hidding camera.

Now, i read here recently that the insurance broker yesinsurance.co.uk are going to start the “UK’s first full-scale test of the benefits of an in-car safety camera and accident blackspot warning systems”. If there report finds that Road Angel users are safer drivers and a better insurance risk, users could find themselves with lower premiums on their car insurance.

Heres a qoute from the article:

“Research involving a 1 million mile fleet test has so far indicated that business drivers using Road Angel have 50 pr cent fewer accidents and are around 70 per cent less likely to receive endorsements on their licence.”

It looks promising, but i guess we’ll have to see what happens. And whether other insurance companies will follow suit is unknown, but i don’t see why not. I look foward to their findings.
Cheers

Dave

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