USED VEHICLES
Release crashed-vehicle history to consumers: Sambra
Buyers of secondhand cars should be able to find out if the vehicle was previously written off
28 May 2020 - 05:00
The South African Motorbody Repairers’ Association (Sambra) has called on the vehicle insurance industry to make its register of written-off vehicles publicly available.
Richard Green, National Director of Sambra, says at present there is no way for a consumer to find out if the secondhand vehicle they are purchasing has been previously written off. “Not only does this have serious legal and cost ramifications, but it talks to the safety of motorists and a growing pool of unroadworthy and perhaps even stolen vehicles on our roads,” he says...
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