If that was the case you as the owner of the car would receive the NIP which you signed to say it was you driving ( as it asks that), at that point you broke the law by not telling them who was driving, if you had they would have sent a NIP to that person.
Not sure what you mean by 'named driver' as a named driver is a driver on the vehicle insurance and you don't have insurance....no insurance means the vehicle is seized and you have to insure it and pay the fee for towing, storage to get it back or it will be sold or crushed. You will be fined , points on your licence and likely banned from driving............ and also face sentence for lying on the NIP ( a legal document) the person driving would also face penalty
It's up to you to throw reasonable doubt on the prosecution's contention that you were driving. If you cannot throw reasonable doubt on that with your evidence, you will be convicted, fined and get some penalty points.
And if there was no insurance, there wasn't a named driver, was there?
The presumption will be that you were driving as registered keeper of the car. In any case, as the registered keeper, you have a responsibility to ensure that it is not driven without valid insurance. So you're still in trouble anyway.
If it turns out you lied, then expect a charge of perverting the course of justice. Remember Chris Huhne, who got 8 months' imprisonment for that.
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It will make no difference, the car, by law has to have insurance, does not matter who is driving the car.
I don't believe you!
If that was the case you as the owner of the car would receive the NIP which you signed to say it was you driving ( as it asks that), at that point you broke the law by not telling them who was driving, if you had they would have sent a NIP to that person.
Not sure what you mean by 'named driver' as a named driver is a driver on the vehicle insurance and you don't have insurance....no insurance means the vehicle is seized and you have to insure it and pay the fee for towing, storage to get it back or it will be sold or crushed. You will be fined , points on your licence and likely banned from driving............ and also face sentence for lying on the NIP ( a legal document) the person driving would also face penalty
It's up to you to throw reasonable doubt on the prosecution's contention that you were driving. If you cannot throw reasonable doubt on that with your evidence, you will be convicted, fined and get some penalty points.
And if there was no insurance, there wasn't a named driver, was there?
The presumption will be that you were driving as registered keeper of the car. In any case, as the registered keeper, you have a responsibility to ensure that it is not driven without valid insurance. So you're still in trouble anyway.
If it turns out you lied, then expect a charge of perverting the course of justice. Remember Chris Huhne, who got 8 months' imprisonment for that.
Nothing. Its your car.
The insurance of the car is your responsibility, no matter who drives it
If it is like the states,it is the vehicle owners responsibility to see it is covered by insurance and that any driver is licensed.
Violations result in fines.