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Young drivers risk insurance claim through lack of maintenance

18th June 2009

New drivers do not know the basics about running a car, potentially putting them at risk of claiming on their recently passed drivers car insurance, according to a new survey.

Research by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) showed 13 per cent of drivers who take their test fail the vehicle maintenance section - the part where they are questioned on things such as checking headlights and tyre pressures.

Motor oil company Comma warns that motorists have become lazy and reliant on modern technology.

"These figures from the DSA show the depth of the problem," commented Mike Bewsey.

"It starts with young drivers learning to drive – they are perhaps the first generation of drivers who don't have the benefit of parents who would do the basics to their car, like checking oil, religiously."

Running out of oil is estimated to cost British drivers around £300 million a year through the damage it does to the engine and subsequent repair bills. ADNFCR-1602-ID-19225270-ADNFCR