We’ve got your number, Ministers tell immigrants using British roads illegally

[joebloggs]

Something i wanted to know, as I've seen cars near me with foreign number plates on for a while

Ministers are preparing a crackdown on hundreds of thousands of foreign motorists who are driving illegally in Britain, evading tax, insurance and MOT safety checks.

Read more here ..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...illegally.html

[Terpe]

I hope that all parties can put a priority wiggle on that one

It's a major issue in my area

[Dedworth]

It ain't rocket science but as per usual hundreds of thousands of these have been allowed to get away with it for years. Try driving a car in Poland without insurance and you'll get 10 years hard labour in the gulag.

[KeithD]

These only form a minority, what about the 1 million uninsured British citizens?

[Dedworth]

Very few of these people are complying with the law if they did one would see thousands of left hand drive cars with Brit plates

[les_taxi]

These only form a minority, what about the 1 million uninsured British citizens?

£1000 fine, automatic forfeiture of car and if involved in an accident with another vehicle, compulsory minimum 5 year jail sentence.

If injury to another person then 20 years' jail

I believe strict measures have more chance.

[grahamw48]

Totally agree Les.

These pillocks have been taking the and increasing costs for honest British citizens for far too long...as well as endangering our lives and the lives of our loved ones.