danot Posted July 20, 2011 Author Share Posted July 20, 2011 True enough, but they need to know that they will be punished and not just financially. Doesn't have to be prison. Could be community service, electronic tagging or what not. There really does need to be something in place on top of the fine.Not if implementing it costs more than just paying their insurance. That's ludicrous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Driving without insurance, I feel, should warrant an automatic suspension of one's driving licence. Driving while disqualified is equivalent to contempt of court, and should be punished accordingly. I would suggest six months, for a first such offence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andikay Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 They should receive A ban from driving for a minimum of one year. Plus A fine equivalent to what it would have cost them to drive legally plus an additional £1000. Non payment of the fine should result in One hour of community service for every £1 they don't pay. Failure to turn up for community service they go to prison for five hours for every hour they miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 They should receive A ban from driving for a minimum of one year. Plus A fine equivalent to what it would have cost them to drive legally plus an additional £1000. Non payment of the fine should result in One hour of community service for every £1 they don't pay. Failure to turn up for community service they go to prison for five hours for every hour they miss. How is it possible to ban a person from driving if you're dealing with the type of person that refuses to have a licence and insurance anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 How about make the purchase of a car dependant on showing a valid license. Make it a fineable offence to sell a car without having checked this. It's not a big deal for most people selling/buying 2nd hand, but might help restrict the sale of the cheap old cars that the people with no license buy. Crushing the car doesn't help, the car and fine together often costs less than insuring the car would have cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 The only workable solution would be forced labour camps. Or for the UK to buy some jail time & space in a foreign prison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quisquose Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Tax, MOT, insurance, points, fines ... blagghh! Don't bother. 1. Never spend more than £500 on a car. 2. Never have it registered in your name. 3. Always carry sufficient cash. 4. If you are involved in a minor accident, drive off if possible. 5. If you are involved in a minor accident and it is not possible to drive off, pretend not to speak English, assess cost of the third-party damage and wave sufficient cash in front of the other driver until they go away. 6. If you are involved in a major accident, drive off if possible, or run away. 7. If police involved, refer to 5., but don't involve cash. 8. Go back to 1. Cheap as chips driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andikay Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 How is it possible to ban a person from driving if you're dealing with the type of person that refuses to have a licence and insurance anyway? I was answering the OP's question "How to punish uninsured drivers." many uninsured drivers have a full licence; still more have a provisional licence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I don't particularly like this idea. Basically gives people more incentive to drive with no insurance seeing as if they get away with it then no harm done, if they get caught then they just pay what they would have had to pay anyway, so why not give it a try. That's what they tend to do, however it is a risky strategy because a second offence might get a ban and prison becomes a possibility if you violate that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andikay Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 All vehicles should have to display a card that says it is insured, taxed and MOT’d and it should be illegal to sell fuel to anyone that doesn’t have a card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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