People who drive without car insurance deserve tough punishment, according to AA Insurance's Simon Douglas.

The director of AA Insurance expressed concern at the damage done by uninsured drivers, as well as the lives put under threat, and called upon the courts to impose much tougher sentences and fines on those that break the law and drive without insurance.

He noted that uninsured drivers are responsible for around 160 deaths a year, in addition to around 23,000 injuries.

However, the average fine is just £200 for driving without insurance, despite the fact that judges have the power to impose fines of up to £5,000.

Mr Douglas remarked, “We're failing honest motorists by such lenient fines. In my view, it's vital to get the message over to this motoring underclass and, importantly, to their friends and families, that driving without insurance is socially unacceptable.

“People need to be stopped before they get behind the wheel of an uninsured car and go on to risk killing or injuring others.”

Unfortunately, the UK is particularly bad in comparison to other European countries. One in every 25 drivers are on the road without insurance in this country, whereas in Germany, this figure is just one in every 500.

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