What would you do if you were banned?
Discussion
As a hypothetical question, what would you do if you were banned from driving? For example, you get a 6 month ban for doing 100mph on a motorway in the early hours of the morning. I'm sure it has happened to a few people from here.
If the above scenario occurred, what would you do? Would you continue to drive? Or would you risk losing your job, possibly house by not driving?
I imagine many would downgrade their car to something which they could "self insure", making it something which hasn't been registered to an owner in a while then not registering it. One could then continue driving until the ban had lifted, avoiding the cost of insurance, tax, MOT, further speeding fines, congestion charges.
In my opinion banning drivers so easily, just increases the number of uninsured on the roads, increases the number of dangerous cars on the roads, which will be near impossible to trace.
tonyrec - are you finding more and more people (by this I mean decent people, not pikeys) who get banned and continue driving?
If the above scenario occurred, what would you do? Would you continue to drive? Or would you risk losing your job, possibly house by not driving?
I imagine many would downgrade their car to something which they could "self insure", making it something which hasn't been registered to an owner in a while then not registering it. One could then continue driving until the ban had lifted, avoiding the cost of insurance, tax, MOT, further speeding fines, congestion charges.
In my opinion banning drivers so easily, just increases the number of uninsured on the roads, increases the number of dangerous cars on the roads, which will be near impossible to trace.
tonyrec - are you finding more and more people (by this I mean decent people, not pikeys) who get banned and continue driving?
Cooperman1 said:
I have absolutely no doubt I would continue to drive.
I would buy a very ordinary car at the auctions and register it to a company with the registered address at an accountants. Then I'd insure it any driver through the company insurance and just drive it.
However, even with bad luck it should not come to that as it is easy to get an S.Irish licence if your UK one got, say, six points. All you need is an Irish address (not that difficult - think about it a bit) then buy a car in Ireland (or re-register your UK car there)and tax and insure it there. You can drive it in the UK under Euro laws and you are unlikely to ever get challenged. Remember, your UK N.C.B. is transferable to Southern Ireland as all the UK insurers have Dublin offices.
And, yes, I've checked this out with my insurance broker and the DVLA in Swansea. It's all quite legal, but the vehicle should leave the UK at least once every 6 months (booze cruises to France, methinks).
Only problem being is that your insurance wouldn't pay up if as whilst banned you have no cover. That is unless you could get a valid Irish license.
clapham993 said:
Guys
Driving when banned is a about the quickest ticket to what Mrs Thatcher used to call "a short sharp shock" known to man. My mother is a magistrate and it is the recommendation from the LCO that ALL driving whilst disqualified cases should receive a custodial sentance unless there are massive extenuating circumstances (Its the contempt of court angle).
We all know the risks &, what ever we think of the grinning idiot and his mentalist Government, take it on the chin and hire a driver for the duration of the ban
Not a single person up for this charge in Ipswich Magistrates Court got anything anywhere near a custodial sentence. A £150 was the worst I saw dished out for that offence.
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