Uninsured drivers 'receive too much leniency'

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Uninsured drivers 'receive too much leniency'

Individuals found to have been driving without car insurance are not being treated severely enough by the UK courts, it has been claimed.

According to motoring organisation the AA, the court system is failing the majority of honest drivers, as the level of fines and sanctions against uninsured motorists do not reflect the seriousness of these offences.

Simon Douglas, director of AA Insurance, commented: "Although there is a fixed penalty of £200 and six penalty points for driving without insurance, the police will prosecute for serious offences - yet the fines imposed by the courts are often less than that."

He added that a fine of just £200 for individuals who in many cases are putting other members of the public in serious danger is simply not large enough.

Indeed, Mr Douglas noted that in the last 12 months, police have seized and crushed more than 100,000 uninsured vehicles.

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