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I might use it to check mine is.

Unfortunately there are many stories of TC's confiscating cars, even when a
certificate says it is insured, when the data base says it isn't.

"Steve Walford" wrote in message
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> Came across the following website in a trade journal
>
> /
>
> Type in a car registration and it tells you if it's insured or not,
> supposed to only use it for the following purposes
>
> I confirm that the vehicle detailed above is registered, owned or
> insured by either my employer or myself and is regularly driven by me.
> I understand it is an offence to wrongfully obtain information of this
> nature without reasonable cause
>
> When you insure a car your insurers have to place the details on the
> Motor Insurance Database, this the database the police use, also the
> post office when you don't have to produce an insurance certificate to
> tax your car
>
> I'm sure you will only use it for the above purposes