Can I drive a fully comp car without any insurance of my own?
I have been asked to drive friend's car to Leeds to pick him up.
5 Replies
No you can't.
If you do not have any car insurance cover of your own, you are not insured.
On fully comprehensive policies, usually there's a clause which allows the driver(s) named on the policy to drive another car with the owner's permission on a third party basis. However not all comprehensive policies have this feature. In your situation, you are not covered by any insurance policy, therefore you cannot drive any car.
Do I have to be over 25 to be insured to drive another car, I have fully comp insurance?
Do I have to be over 25 to drive another car that is fully comp insured, I am fully comp on my car fiesta 1.0, the other car is e270 mercedes 2004. I am 23
[Migrated from previous topic 12012 dated 26 Feb 2011]
No longer have a car...
I no longer have a car and I was stopped by the police who asked if I had any insurance for the car which I did not but a friend told me that because my aunty has full comp insurance I was able to drive her car.
[Migrated from previous topic 12196 dated 19 Apr 2011]
Your aunty is insured to drive the car, not you. If what your friend said was true, then there would be no point in having additional drivers (named drivers) on an insurance policy.
Unfortunately you've been driving without insurance.
[Migrated from previous post 1648 dated 20 Apr 2011]
You need to be insured on your aunt's car to be able to drive it. So no, you can't drive the car until you get insurance cover for it and that can be done in 2 ways:
- Get added onto your aunt's current car insurance policy
- Get short term car insurance for when you need to use your aunt's car
Don't drive until you get that sorted!
[Migrated from previous post 1712 dated 12 Jul 2011]
Similar topics for you
Driver SOS (UK)
Helping with car insurance, driving bans, learning to drive and other motoring issues
Become Member