I'd like to point out that if he travelled through France, and had been stopped he'd have had pretty much the same treatment. The French are clamping down hard on uninsured cars and will confiscate them too. They'll either then be sold or crushed depending on their market value. They recently impounded something like 50 uninsured Jersey orwned cars which were parked in the long term car park at Dinard airport and were being used by Jersey residents when they flew over. Bye bye cars.
Also Marc would probably have had a harder time as he would have had to communicate in French.
Kuno2 - I guess you can answer this, did Marc's journey take him through any other European countries or did he ship directly from Africa to the UK?
So as has been said over and over the moral of the story is check the rules of the road before you drive in the country, ignorance is and never has been any defence under law.
Oh and Fastship I'd suggest you emigrate, mate, I did.
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