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Clampdown on illegal driving yields 20,000 cars

Tens of thousands of vehicles have been seized by Merseyside Police in a two-year clampdown on illegal driving.

According to the force, more than 20,000 cars have been taken off the roads since Operation Tango began in January 2006.

As part of the initiative, police have been implementing strict new measures which allow them to impound and crush vehicles that being used illegally.

For example, many of the cars were found to be owned by people driving either without a licence or car insurance policy.

Mike McFall, roads policing inspector at the Merseyside Constabulary, commented: "Every member of the public in Merseyside is paying for those drivers who are uninsured and unlicensed."

He added that drivers who did not have car insurance were also the most likely people to be committing other offences such as distributing drugs.

Mr McFall stated that by tackling unlicensed vehicles in this way, the police was able to reduce the number of associated crimes across Merseyside.

Meanwhile, road safety authorities in the county have launched a new road safety initiative aimed at motorcyclists.

Merseyside Road Safety Camera Partnership said that in the last three years, more than 1,000 riders had been killed or seriously injured on the area's roads.

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