Car insurance

[johnycarper]

   Can anyone please advise if it is illegal to drive without the sticker in the windscreen that the insurance company send you,we have just moved from expensive axa to a cheaper one and not had the papers due to snow.I have a copy of the devis we sent back with the cheque and they have accepted it so we are covered with them,i cannot speak to the company as they seem to be closed for Christmas.

[Simon-the-censored]

Hi johnycarper - yep - you need to display the car insurance sticker / vignette in the car window.

''Le 9 septembre 1986, le législateur rend l'affichage obligatoire de la vignette d’assurance sur les véhicules afin de faciliter le contrôle du respect de l'obligation d'assurance.''

Simon

[cooperlola]

Yes, it is:

http://www.321auto.com/Juridique/Infractions/Liste/Liste.asp?ID=95

However, what this means in practical terms, especially at the turn of the year, I don't know.  Sunday Driver probably does.  My own insurance company has just started issuing vignettes which are dated from 1st December, as it says this is a frequent request from customers who forget to change over on New Year's Day morning.

Sorry about the duplicate reponses - Simon didn't come quite so lately as I did!

[johnycarper]

Thanks for the answerer's i guessed it was the case,oh well the families visiting will have to use their own car and not me as a taxi.

[Jo]

Every cloud has a silver lining................!