Ghost Drivers Haunt UK Highways

0:00On April 23rd, over 18,000 vehicles in the UK are cruising around without a real owner address on record, registered straight to the DVLA's own spot. That's according to a fresh freedom of information request, highlighting these so-called ghost owners who dodge accountability for bad driving, a labor MP named Sarah Coombs is pushing hard for the DVLA to step up, linking it to clone plates and ghost plates that fool cameras. Instead to debate this in Parliament, calling out lax rules that let criminals from speeders to worse slip through. The DVLA claims most are just car traders, no big deal, but the British Parking Association says the issue runs deeper with 10 to 20 percent of. Owner lookups coming up empty due to these gaps and fake plates. On top of that, over 34,000 number plates suppliers are out there, anyone can join for 40 pounds with zero background checks and last. Here over 130 are admitted to selling clones. Shockingly, the DVLA hasn't fined a single person in 5 years for skipping address updates.

1:03This mess is jacking up insurance for everyone and eroding road safety, so pressures mounting for real fixes before more ghost drivers haunt the highways.