Young Marmalade have done this by bringing together a whole host of parties who are interested in promoting safer practices for teenage motorists, meaning they are able to provide low cost young driver insurance as well as offering a cheap new car purchase for the would-be teen driver. One partner is comparing claims for young drivers that take out insurance for existing, often older, cars and those that take up the Young Marmalade scheme. The figures show that Young Marmalade, with its combined car purchase and comprehensive insurance scheme, cut the rate of incidence from 15.91% in a fault crash to an astonishing 6.07%. For Young Marmalade drivers in a no fault collision the figure drops from 6.06% to 2.86%.
Commenting on these figures, company spokesman Crispin Moger said: “This shows a solution to the widely reported problems faced by young drivers and we are delighted that Young Marmalade is leading the way. We are aware that lives have already been saved as a result of buying a car through Young Marmalade, a fact that gives us a great deal of satisfaction.”
So what are the reasons behind these literally life-saving figures? Not only does Young Marmalade supply a newer car with modern controls and safety features it also insists upon additional driver training, the minimum of which is the standard Driving Standards Agency Pass Plus. Courses like this give teenagers the additional skills needed to prepare for unexpected events on the road. A second pleasant sideeffect is that this additional training – usually staged as a series of lessons over one or two month- also brings down the cost of young driver insurance.
It can be difficult to find a good quality cheap new car purchase for teens because of their often restricted budget but studies prove that this is important in protecting inexperienced and vulnerable drivers, a fact that Young Marmalade appreciates and has found a solution to. Now in its third year of operation, Young Marmalade has over 200 makes and models of new or nearly new cars from which to choose, linked to a fully comprehensive insurance policy in the young driver’s name.
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Editor’s Note: Young Marmalade is represented by online advertising consultancy, Top Position. Please direct all press queries to Rebecca Appleton. Email: Rebecca@topposition.co.uk or call: 0800 094 9001.
