Road safety - Insurance cheats are a risk to others

THE number of drivers using our roads without insurance is indicative that there are gaps in the system which, as a matter of urgency, need to be closed.

Too many of them have been convicted of drink driving and because they do not want to incur any further penalties as a consequence of that offence, such as more expensive insurance, they are more than willing to risk another.

Anybody who is unconscionable enough to venture behind the wheel of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, and is apprehended and convicted, must face the consequences which the law prescribes for such wanton behaviour.