Ady 555 wrote:

mlines wrote:

I think it has been misinterpreted.

I believe the original warning is "if you drive past a Road Closed sign" not a blanket "please do not drive unless necessary"

Martin

There lies another problem for you if you choose to ignore the road closed sign, Failing to observe a traffic sign, 3 points on your licence and a £60 fine.

That's an interesting one as well. I have, on at least 2 occasions, come to a road closed sign (once for snow & once for a flood) where a police officer was in attendance and have been allowed to proceed because I was in a "suitable vehicle". I wonder how the insurance company would have viewed that if I'd then had a prang. To be honest I think this whole discussion is a bit of a moot point. How often do insurers really bother about the location of an accident. I can see it being an issue if there were injury/death or a dispute involved, which may require a more thorough investigation, but in most cases I don't think the subject would even come up. 2013 Discovery HSE Luxury - 3.0 SDV6 - Santorini Black
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oxford-boy wrote:

43 Police Forces in the UK at the moment, they all work differently.

Would be hard to prove who said what and why.

Urban myth so far in my view....

The bigger issue is if you fit winter/snow tyres and fail to tell your insurer.

Bizarrely enough that's much more likely to render you uninsured as you have "modified" the car.

Sad consequence of so many insurance companies being overly focused on money making as opposed to common sense in my humble opinion....

Hi Guys

Just to give everyone the real facts about Winter tyres and what your insurance company will or will not do please see their association's web site (ABI)

They have very nicely summarized the situation for their memebers.

http://www.abi.org.uk/Information/Consumer...tment.aspx

And yes i have winter tyres, and yes I have told Directline, who sent a new set of docs which show they are fitted, and no it did not cost me anythings, and finally yes i need to let them know when the summer tyres are back on

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