Yes, Even Your McLaren Needs Insurance

You need insurance if you want to drive in public. Everyone knows this except, perhaps, the owner of this McLaren 570S.

The McLaren was towed this week in the London borough of Brent, where the car was first spotted missing a front license plate. Then police discovered it also wasn't insured, making it illegal for the street and destined for the tow pound.

Yes, that's a Mclaren on the tow truck and yes it had no insurance – stopped for not having a front number for plate #brentsafertrasport team @MPSRTPC Stay legal and be Safe on the roads 😄 pic.twitter.com/4ip2aOSGrY

— Brent MPS | North West BCU (@MPSBrent) March 21, 2018

If you look closely at the picture, you can see a sign on the front windshield, explaining the situation.

"NO INSURANCE ... SEIZED BY POLICE."

And, indeed, the Brent Metropolitan Police Service's Twitter account is a gallery of their efforts to get uninsured vehicles off the streets.

Here's a Ford Transit:

Here's a Mercedes C-Class:

It's Op cubo again! #brentsafertransport @MPSRTPC are out seizing cars for no insurance pic.twitter.com/ZYJemR1lu5

— Brent MPS | North West BCU (@MPSBrent) March 21, 2018

Here's another Ford Transit:

This scrap collector was insured for social domestic pleasure and not for business. #brentsafertransport team @MPSRTPC have taken this van off the road for no insurance. Residents are advised to check if waste carriers are licenced. pic.twitter.com/AO8dOXR70p

— Brent MPS | North West BCU (@MPSBrent) March 7, 2018

And here's a Vauxhall Vectra:

The Brent police don't fuck around when it comes to insurance.