The Irish Examiner View: More policing is the answer for motor insurance issues

The pandemic has shown that we can accept difficult restrictions when necessary though our capacity - not our obligation - to accept them over an extended period is an open question. The majority of us play by the rules because the common purpose those rules underline. Unfortunately there is a lockdown-defying minority indifferent to that common purpose.

Figures from the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) show a minority are also indifferent to their obligation to have insurance to drive on public roads. MIBU say there are more than 164,000 uninsured private vehicles in the Republic. This equates with 7.58% of private vehicles and suggests that one in every 13 private vehicles used on out is uninsured.