PARKING SENSORS COULD HELP REVERSE THE RISING COST OF YOUR CAR INSURANCE

PARKING SENSORS COULD HELP REVERSE THE RISING

COST OF YOUR CAR INSURANCE

The Gadget that Pays for Itself Says Online Vehicle Accessories Specialist -  Proppa

Parking aids such as cameras and front and rear audible sensors not only reduce the likelihood of an accident and resulting repair bill but can also protect and potentially even increase the value of your vehicle.

That is the verdict of Tony Allen, Group Chairman of award winning insurance intermediary, The A&A Group Ltd, who said millions of pounds are wasted each year in needless accidents in which motorists reverse into lamp-posts, walls, bollards and even pedestrians or other vehicles.

By making an initial investment in a parking aid motorists could save themselves hundreds of pounds several times over as the sensor prevents unnecessary damage to the vehicle.

Every year insurance companies across the UK are inundated with thousands of claims worth millions of pounds from motorists who have backed their cars into bollards, walls or even other vehicles or pedestrians as they try to park the vehicles with precision.

And it is believed that for every reverse parking claim received by insurance companies, there are many more cases that go unreported as motorists prefer to stump up the cash themselves, rather than lose their no claims bonus.

Tony Allen said: “Parking sensors are excellent devices which can not only save you a few hundred pounds in the event of even the most minor of accidents, but can also actually add, or at least protect the value of the vehicle, which would otherwise be affected in the event of an accident. They are excellent devices which enable to park their cars with complete precision and in total confidence.”

Adam Weaver, Founder and Managing Director of leading online auto accessories retailer Proppa said sales trends within his business backed his belief that many motorists were waking up to the fact that making the initial investment in parking aids would save them hundreds, if not thousands of pounds in the long term.

He said: “It is annoying when you’re reversing slowly into a space and you hit something because you’ve misjudged the distance or the angle, or even more frustratingly, because something is moving at the back of your car.

“I think many of our customers who invest in parking sensors have been caught out in this way and have come to us to prevent similar accidents in the future.

“They have realised that for a small investment in a sensor they can save themselves a lot of inconvenience and stop lining the pockets of their insurance companies.”

Proppa stocks a range of sensors. They detect other vehicles, trees, people or other obstacles at the rear of the vehicle and allow you to calculate the distance.

Adam said: “If your parking sensor prevents you from having just one accident then it will have paid for itself – avoiding at the very least the £100 excess on your insurance, and at best avoiding injury to a pedestrian.”

Proppa also offers a fitting service for the device.

To see the range of parking sensors log on to www.proppa.com or call Proppa on 01386 556656, alternatively, send us an email for further details.