I think there are essentially 2 ways to go about it.
You either do it online and give the computer the answers it 'wants' to the questions, then get your piece of paper and hope for the best that you won't meet a particularly officious member of the police.
Or you pay through the nose for exactly the same pieces of paper and jump through hoops to get them.
Whichever approach you take, I find it helps to remember with these things that they are a complete money racket for the big corporations and not there in any way shape or form for your or my benefit. And that the official forces of any country are there to enforce these rules for the benefit of big business, never for the ordinary Joe like yourself.
Of course the insurance companies WANT to cover you, they just want you to think you are paying extra for EXACTLY the same thing because they are being 'nice' to you. Its called 'business'.
Why on earth people let this system develop is beyond me, though I do agree it is a lot better than in many other European countries where gaining actual ownership/ title is nearly as complicated as buying a house.
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