mycarcheck.com to launch national tv campaign to combat identity theft and promote vehicle safety

mycarcheck.com, is to launch a national television advertising campaign to encourage all drivers to investigate the history of their vehicles.

[ClickPress, Fri Mar 02 2007] The UK’s fastest growing vehicle data checking company, mycarcheck.com, is to launch a national television advertising campaign to encourage all drivers to investigate the history of their vehicles.

With more than one in seven vehicles on the road having something to hide and an increase in cloning causing concern among police and anti-car crime experts the need for better awareness among drivers has never been greater.

mycarcheck.com is a trading name of The Vehicle Inspection Company (UK) Ltd., a subsidiary of insurance broker software supplier CDL Group Holdings, and one of the most popular vehicle checking companies in the UK.

”The sad fact is that unless somebody has owned a car from new then they have no way of knowing their vehicle’s complete history,” said Roger Powell, General Manager of MyCarCheck.com.

”One call or a click of a mouse could save lives.”

It is estimated that there are about 30 million used cars on the roads of which about four million have a problem.

mycarcheck.com has frequently cautioned all drivers to be alert to the increase in car cloning which involves stolen vehicles being given a false identity.

Almost every police force across Britain has reported a rise in the number of reported thefts of number plates from vehicles in recent months compared to previous years.

“Often people pay thousands for a new car only to find it has been stolen or has previously been involved in an accident before being given a false identity and put back on the road,” said Roger Powell, General Manager of mycarcheck.com.

Often people simply don’t realise that insurance companies don’t check the history of a vehicle when a motorist takes out a policy as that is left up to the owner.

”A car may look alright but if it has been written-off or stolen then insurance companies may not pay out if it is ever involved in another claim,” said Mr Powell.

Each year an estimated 25,000 dangerous cars are put back on the road, many of them sold to unsuspecting motorists by organised gangs and confidence tricksters making an estimated £3 billion a year from the illegal trade.

”When you consider that one in seven cars on UK roads are regarded as total insurance write-offs, which equals about four million vehicles, it is easy to see how somebody can be caught out,” added Mr. Powell.


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