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Motorists driving without insurance should face stiffer penalties, states an expert website.

Statistics from Moneysupermarket.com revealed that up to one in seven motorists have driven their vehicles without any insurance coverage.

Further figures from the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) last year calculated that drivers without insurance were more likely to have been charged with drink driving by up to ten times.

Vehicles in the control of uninsured drivers were 6 times more likely to be deemed unsafe.

Deborah Williams, managing director of Confused.com, said the statistics were “extremely worrying”.

She is calling for more effective deterrents such as those introduced to combat mobile phone use while at the wheel.

“Perhaps more rigid penalties and greater education should be pursued for similarly dangerous offences such as speeding, driving without due care and attention, and for driving without insurance which is in essence, fraud,” added Mrs Williams.

Driving uninsured causes up to 160 deaths per year reveal MIB statistics.

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