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Does my broken down car (left in a parking bay) need insurance for a few days?

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DeathMetalMum · Yesterday 15:22

My car broke down the other day. It has been having problems for a little while so not surprised. I managed to get it off the road onto a parking area. It's on the other side of town to me. I was dropping DC1 off at an activity in the evening and Dd2 was home alone so I didn't wait for the car to be recovered and got an Uber home.

I have bought a new car that I am collecting Monday. Anyone knowledgeable about insurance know if my old car would need to be insured where it is currently. Ideally I would like to swap my current car insurance over and then get a scrap company to collect the car next week - I'd need to hand keys over and grab a few things out of the car etc so could do with a car to get back to my old one. So there may be a day or two of it being not insured. I know I can get temporary insurance but trying keep things simple.

Image added to show where car is red blob on the right, so not actually on the road but. I don't know if it counts.

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DeathMetalMum · Yesterday 15:36

I thought so. Just thought I'd double check as could have saved a some money on temp insurance.

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Littlebitpsycho · Yesterday 15:31

Yes it does, if it's not SORN it must be insured.

Someone I know got a big fine for no insurance even though it was a classic that hadnt been on the road for 4 years. But because it wasn't SORN it showed on the insurance database as uninsured and so big fine

SoThatsTheWayItIs · Yesterday 15:30

Yes it does. We have to insure my son’s car even though it is parked on the driveway (he’s not able to learn to drive yet). My husband was insistent that we didn’t and then we got a letter about it. If it’s not SORN it needs insurance.

HexInductionHour · Yesterday 15:26

Yes it does need insurance

Sunflower07 · Yesterday 15:25

Yes it does I think, as not on private land

DeathMetalMum · Yesterday 15:23

Sorry forgot to post pic.

Does my broken down car (left in a parking bay) need insurance for a few days?
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