Road accidents are undoubtedly the biggest obstacle to drivers finding cheap van insurance, so it may please commercial vehicle drivers to hear that the RAC Foundation latest report Road Accidents - Prevent or Punish is looking at ways of addressing the causes of traffic accidents.
The Association of British Drivers, an organisation that has long argued for such a preventative approach has welcomed the news. ABD spokesperson Nigel Humphries comments, "We are pleased to see the RAC Foundation saying what the ABD has been saying for many years. Every accident has multiple causation factors and often all parties involved could have done something to prevent the crash even when not strictly blameworthy. Whilst punishing those at fault is sometimes justified, it is far more important to investigate all factors to establish what can be done to prevent similar accidents in future."
Inevitably, if successful, the move could help reduce accidents and consequently have a positive impact on cheap van insurance.
"The current solution to any accident seems to be to reduce the speed limit and put up a camera. This has failed, not least because it has led to secrecy about the reality of accident causation, because the facts must be twisted to support the bad policy," says Nigel Humphries.
Of course, the report is also about more important things that reducing the baseline for cheap van insurance, ultimately it is about reducing the road deaths.