Eastern Europeans caught by roadside breath tests are also twice as likely as the average drink driver to be serious offenders who have at least two and a half times the legal limit of alcohol in their systems.

The figures have been revealed after the UK Motor Insurers’ Bureau, which handles claims from crashes caused by uninsured drivers, said that the number of claims against Polish drivers had more than tripled in the past two years.

Non residents can drive foreign vehicles legally in Britain for six months in any 12 before they have to be registered and licenced in the UK. However, in reality, like in Ireland, few compliance checks are made.
 

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