Will the green car insurance sticker soon disappear from our windshields? The question arises in any case within the Ministries of the Economy, Transport and the Interior, which are considering in collaboration with the federation of insurers to opt for a dematerialized version. The information on the sticker will then be accessible on the File of insured vehicles.
After decades of good and loyal service, the green sticker of auto insurance could finally take its well-deserved retirement. The latter appeared exactly 73 years ago. Since then, more than 50 million units have been produced each year, intended for French people who are renewing theirs or who are looking to insure their vehicle. It is therefore just as much paper that is stored inside cars, and which could be doomed to disappear.
Indeed, the France Assureurs federation asserts that its various members “have been working on removing the green card for several years”. The project has just passed the second since discussions with the Ministries of the Economy, Transport and the Interior have been opened, Le Parisien told us yesterday. But for now, nothing is done, because many details are still to be settled.
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Towards the end of the green car insurance sticker?
Among the fears of the public services, there is the fact of “ensure the full reliability of the dematerialized file, the ease of use of the new device for motorists and law enforcement, and its articulation with the road safety policy”, as the Ministry of the Economy reports. Not to mention the bugs that can hit the Insured Vehicles File (FAV), the database created in 2016 on which motorist information will be stored.
However, the advantages are multiple. Starting with the end of the paper versions, necessarily less respectful of the environment, but also much less practical since each time you have to send it by post and then install it on your windshield, in addition to other stickers such as than the recently mandatory Crit’Air. In addition, the FAV now has more than 56 million vehicles and offers the possibility of being updated in real time by any insurance company.
Source: Le Parisien