Lets not beat about the bush, public roads are dangerous places and the last thing we need is people driving dangerously or under the influence of alchohol or drugs. However, there seems to be a growing trend amongst insurers in the UK to penalise convicted drivers with huge insurance premiums. There drivers have already been punished in a court of law, why should they continue to be punished for year after year with exceesively high insurance costs? Convicted drivers car insurance is simply a way for the insurance cartels to milk more money out of drivers without looking like the bad guys - they can simply blame it on safety issues or statistics