Kenny calls for uninsured vehicles to be confiscated

UNINSURED drivers involved in accidents should have their vehicles confiscated and sold to pay towards compensation for crash victims.

Speaking yesterday Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny said such a strong-arm tactic was the only way to end the carnage caused by motorists without cover who leave 20 people dead and 2,000 injured on Irish roads each year.

Mr Kenny said 100,000 drivers get behind the wheel here each year without insurance — three times the European average.