Car scam ‘chancers’ cost motorists €40 a year

Car scam fraudsters are costing each motorist at least €40 a year in increased insurance bills, according to AA Ireland.

It called on the Government to scrap all insurance, tax, and NCT windscreen discs in a bid to tackle the problem.

The organisation called the windscreen discs “an invitation to fraud” and recommended they be replaced with an automatic number-plate recognition system.