By means of computer-linked number-plate recognition cameras, the Met has recently captured around 1,300 scrotes driving about in east London without insurance. In extreme cases this has led to the confiscation of the scrote’s car, leaving the unfortunate victim to catch the Number 31 bus or to waste time in Hackney nick just because he is wanted for other offences.
I think the time has come to find a permanent solution to the problem of uninsured drivers, and the potential losses they face. Clearly it is not cheap to run an old BMW, and what with the cost of blow, Sky TV, Stella and so on, I think it unfair to expect these drivers to fork out for insurance as well: Giros can be stretched only so far. Is there no way that benefit can be increased so that these poor, underprivileged people can enjoy free motoring as well as having their rent paid? What kind of society is it that forces the less fortunate to resort to driving cars illegally, or to have to borrow cars without consent, merely to induldge in the simple pleasure of driving to the pub?
