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Poll: Should there be a mandatory prison sentence for uninsured drivers?

A new survey has shown that almost 7 per cent of people have had their vehicle damaged by an uninsured driver, so should the penalties be harsher?

A SURVEY PUBLISHED by AA Motor Insurance yesterday has shown that almost 7 per cent of people have had their vehicle damaged by an uninsured driver.

The insurance company said that this “reckless minority” of drivers was adding up to €40 to the costs that motorists pay for their insurance. AA called on the gardaí to address the problem but recognised that it can sometimes be an “honest mistake”, for example if a married person changes policy and forgets to include their partner.

Currently, those caught driving without insurance are subject to five penalty points and a fine of up to €2,500 and/or a possible term of imprisonment.

So we want to know: Should people driving without insurance face a mandatory prison sentence?


Poll Results:

No, but the penalties should be harsher than they currently are (2599)
No (2174)
Yes (1069)
I don't know (590)

Related: Uninsured drivers responsible for 7 per cent of vehicle damage>

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:20 AM

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:24 AM

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:27 AM

    Don’t even get me started on fake tan Super. Christ it’s awful! Why would you have a shower/bath to rub what looks like shite all over your body and then think looks/smells good?! Then the next morning, it’s missing off your hands and feet and looks like you shat the bed! Would rather spend the money on a good decent body lotion to look good than spread that crap all over me.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:40 AM

    Damn I didn’t know sh!te got by the journo police. My sh!te has an exclamation mark, same as my tan

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:31 AM

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:35 AM

    Not everything is an “addiction”, some people are just stupid and have no willpower or don’t care.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:23 AM

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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:39 AM

    Girl goes to work Friday and looks normal. Same girl comes into work Monday and looks like she sat in a bath of Ronseal and thinks everyone thinks she got a tan in the Irish Monsoon Summer over the weekend. The Ronseal look is not a good look. Looks crap. Fake tan, fake girl, fake personality.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:26 AM

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:23 AM

    Thought it was going to be an article addressing my Tanora dependency.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:39 AM

    Great piece here from the Irish Cancer Society about the dangers of sunbed use. Anyone who still uses them after reading this need a serious wake-up call. http://www.cancer.ie/reduce-your-risk/sunsmart/sunbeds#sthash.LFs1qokg.dpbs

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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:01 AM

    I agree with the majority of comments on here. Covering yourself with fake tan is like smearing your own excrement all over yourself. Same smell and same colour. People who do this are crazy.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 1:29 PM

    When I was a kid, there was a woman around the corner who opened a tanning salon. She also rented out sunbeds for home use. She had one herself, and every night you’d see the purple glow of the UV lights emanating from her room.

    She died from skin cancer.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 1:40 PM

    Or the shock when she got her ESB bill.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:37 AM

    Jesus there’s nothing worse looking imo

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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:23 AM

    bla bla “her body her choice” bla bla bla

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:34 AM

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:59 AM

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:23 AM

    How they are not browned off i will never know

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    Aug 29th 2015, 12:38 PM

    cracking pic mid article, thank you journal!

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:59 AM

    I thought it said ‘Somalia’ tanning salon …..

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    Aug 29th 2015, 1:38 PM

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    Aug 29th 2015, 4:20 PM

    Why does reading this article give me the urge to rent the latest Hollywood blockbuster on DVD…? (Never understood the connection and why tanning booths and DVD rental was good business acumen? Ah well. Better left a mystery.

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