Lower Fines For Uninsured Drivers

 

April 19, 2008

Courts have come under fire recently after it was revealed that the fines imposed on drivers that have no insurance have actually fallen over the years. According to the report there has been a drop of over 20% in the amount that uninsured drivers are fined since the Labour Party came into power in 1997. Home Office figures show that the average fine imposed on an uninsured driver in 1997 was £224 but in 2005 the average fine had fallen to £177.

The report also suggested that fewer people are being taken to court over uninsured driving these days even though more people are prepared to break the law in this way. In 1997 there were around five thousand more court actions taken against uninsured drivers tan in 2005. One industry official said that there was a lot of red tape involved in this type of prosecution, which could go some way to explaining the drop in figures.

An official from the Conservative Party said: ‘Driving uninsured is often a sign of more serious criminality. But, amazingly, the courts are passing derisory penalties. What are they thinking?’

He went on to say: ‘Uninsured drivers are the scourge of the roads. The Association of British Insurers says that they are ten times more likely to have convictions for drink-driving and are six times more likely to be behind the wheel of an unroadworthy vehicle. On top of that, the cost of uninsured drivers adds an extra £25 to £30 to the average annual car insurance premium.’

The figures suggest that at present around one in every fifteen drivers in the UK has not car insurance, which means that here are over two million drivers on the road with no form of car insurance cover in place.

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