Britain's most convicted driver, Thomas Feely, was sentenced to a five month jail term after collecting over 110 driving offences. Police had pulled him over under suspicion of drink driving to find he was driving his van with no licence, no insurance and whilst currently disqualified just three days before he was due to be sentenced for an earlier similar offence.

Despite contesting he needs to drive because of his mobile DJ business, Leeds magistrates said his 59 previous driving bans were the worst they had ever seen and there would be no excuses. Feely has been convicted of 89 offences in his 28 years of driving, but so far avoided jail.

It is a devastating blow for the reputation of British traffic police, some counties have reported over 30 convictions on some roads each day. The government has received much criticism as despite the installation of over 6000 speed cameras there has been very little effect on the safety of driving. Some argue that the notion is being used to generate revenue for the government in the form of speeding fines.

Road safety charity 'brake' spokeswoman, Sarah Fatica says, "Anyone who has been disqualified so many times poses a serious risk on the roads, it's disturbing that he has been allowed to continue breaking his ban time and time again." She remarked that "Five months in jail is laughable given his continued disregard for the law"

An increase in car insurance for Britain's drivers has been attributed to behaviour like Feely's. Comprehensive insurance policy now costs on average over 1000 a year, an increase of 20% since 2008. The AA has claimed this is largely due to uninsured drivers, which are expected to cost UK motorists 2.1bn in the next year. This is predicted to cause a vicious cycle with a recession causing a decrease in income causing more and more people are tempted to drive without insurance, therefore raising premiums.