The Irish Motor Insurance Database started being rolled out last November and is designed to detect some of the riskiest drivers on Irish roads. Photograph: Alan Betson
The Irish Motor Insurance Database started being rolled out last November and is designed to detect some of the riskiest drivers on Irish roads including those using forged insurance discs and lapsed insurance policies. About 8 per cent of vehicles have policies allowing for the transfer of cover from one to another within a specific fleet with such policies typically used by car dealers, taxi firms, haulage and transport companies and retailers.
“We were told last November that there would be nowhere for uninsured drivers to hide any more and if you were uninsured Gardaí would know,” she told The Irish Times.