Churchview
David49
It’s common, being from overseas makes no difference, plenty of UK drivers do this, if you’re a single parent with kids and you get caught you will get fined, you pay by installments but forget to pay. The worst they can do is crush the car, they are never going to jail you for not insuring a car.
So they get away with it
No, they don't get away with it.
We reported a car (a Rolls Royce would you believe) left for months in our lane with no tax. It was towed away. The truck driver told us that they only get it back when they've paid.
Even if it's just the inconvenience of having to pay to get it back and tax it then it's not getting away scot free.
The police catch over 50,000 drivers each year with no insurance and fine them £300 fixed penalty, to put that into perspective there are around 1 million cars in the UK uninsured, so around 5% are caught each year, that’s pretty good odds of not getting caught.
Add to that cost of insurance, £300 is pretty low for car insurance, many new or young drivers pay much more so many with low income don’t insure. The DVLA could check up and enforce the law but they choose not to, now there are no tax discs number plates have to be checked so car tax and MOT are neglected too.