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Speed camera insurance - protecting gatso against violence
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, mention speed cameras and you’ll have
a debate on your hands. While some people say that speed camera
fines are an easy way to line the Government’s pockets with
an extra £20m*, other feel that they really do improve safety
on our roads.
Some people really hate speed cameras with a vengeance and
have taken it to the extreme – recent GATSO assaults just in
the South West of the Country alone include one blown up with
a home made bomb, one demolished using an angle grinder and
three others burned using tyres filled with petrol**.
6 months’ ago in Norwich, a speed camera experienced some £30,000
worth of damage when it was fired at with pellets from a high
powered air gun. There are even several websites where photographs
of burnt out or wrecked speed cameras are proudly displayed.
Certainly, being caught on camera has huge ramifications –
not only could you get disqualified from driving if you accumulate
12 points or more on your licence, but even getting caught once
could add up an average of £192 on your annual car insurance
premium***.
There are over 4,500 speed cameras in the UK and drivers are
automatically fined £60 and get three points on their
licence for each speeding offence. Once they have accumulated
12 points, they are liable to be disqualified.
Whatever your feelings on speed cameras, it is true that being
disqualified due to being caught on camera one time too many
can have a devastating effect on your lifestyle. How would you
get to work or take the kids to school? What about doing the
weekly or monthly shop or even popping out to buy a newspaper?
It doesn’t bear thinking about.
However, you can protect your licence - without resorting to
blowing up or firing at speed cameras! - with FlashProtect from
specialist insurance website www.protection-insurance.com.
Designed to keep drivers mobile and protect their work and
family lives in the event of losing their driving licence due
to totting-up points or disqualification, the product subsidises
the extra travel costs that come in the wake of a speeding conviction.
The main aspect of FlashProtect is that if a person gets disqualified
from driving due to being caught by speed cameras, they will
receive up to £6000 towards alternate transport arrangements.
Jason King from the website says: "We can all make mistakes
- even responsible drivers can be caught out by a momentary
lapse, or perhaps by being intimidated to speed by a tailgater.
"Certainly, if you've already picked up a few points for,
say, parking in the wrong place, then that first speeding offence
caught on a speed camera could see you disqualified. Literally,
one flash, and you are banned.
"And, without your own transport, how would you manage
to carry out your job, or do the simple day-to-day things like
shopping, running the kids to school or the dog to the vet,
without running up huge taxi bills or waiting for buses?"
FlashProtect costs just £50 a year and whether you need
a taxi, bus, train or plane you can safeguard your ability to
travel and to carry out your job.
King is keen to point out that FlashProtect does not condone
stupidity or dangerous driving and that the product does not
cover individuals convicted of dangerous, reckless, drink driving
or driving under the influence of drugs and conditions for acceptance
do apply.
He says: "The purpose of the policy is to help responsible
drivers who are convicted of speeding carry on with their lives
– but more slowly
"And to stop people resorting to violence against GATSOs…..".
