Illegal foreign drivers

[testosterone]

A friend of mine lives in a shared house with a number of romanians. Four of the romanians have been stopped for no insurance and had their vehicles seized. Apparantly they had no insurance and did not even have drivers licenses. Within a week they get fake driving licenses from romania and insurance arranged by a dodgy broker.
They get their cars back and are driving around again. Apparantly this is happening all the time.

I made an official complaint to the police and was told that it is an EU problem not a police problem ! The police said they do not have the facilities to check any foreign driving licenses although it is hoped to have a shared central database in the future.Surely the police here could do a simple phone check with the romanian authorities ? It seems common sense is thin on the ground when it comes to the met !

Well that really gives me confidence driving around London knowing that there are so many unqualified and uninsured drivers out there !

[pork911]

Did them telling you yours was an 'official' complaint not make you feel any better?


Was this intel surprising to you, hence your drop in confidence?

[redstu]

The driving licence issue may or may not be an eu issue.
However they are not Insured and that is a police issue.
Name the dodgy broker.

[Cooperman]

Better telling the Daily Mail and UKIP!

[HD Adam]

There's no political will to fix this.

Round our way, they go to court, get points on their non existent licenses, a small fine to pay off at a pound a week or so from their benefits or more usually, community service that they don't turn up to because they are at work in the black economy.

This is not a UKIP stylee rant, just the realism of what happens today.