British driving abroad may hike up insurance premiums

The reckless actions of Brits abroad may result in a hike in insurance premiums, it has been reported.

French police claim that 80 per cent of the motorists caught speeding in Calais, France are British.

What is more, officers say that half of the Brits who were caught putting their foot) down on the gas during July and August this year were travelling at over 120 mph – the sort of speed which could put up the cost of their insurance premiums.

Lieutenant Patrick Vanderstraeten of Calais police said that British motorists are treating foreign roads like "a racetrack".

He added: "They think that as soon as they get abroad, the law doesn't apply to them."

In a bid to tackle the problem, a pair of Kent-based police offers have been enlisted to) work alongside road patrols in the region.

Furthermore, new road signs have been erected in English reminding speedy Brits to slow down and of the road's legal limitations.

Earlier this year, the RAC Foundation asked the government to change the law to allow British police to access vehicle registration data from other countries in order to prosecute foreign motorists who speed in the UK, the Daily Mail reports.

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