SIR I read the T&A Court File regularly and therefore regularly become incensed at the leniency of the sentences across all crimes, but specifically regarding driving offences.

To date I have let others write in with their views on this subject until I read the Court File (T&A, May 16) and was more incensed than normal.

Ten people were fined £110, with £100 costs for "failing to provide information in relation to parking charge".

A very serious crime indeed when you compare this to the person who drove without insurance for which he was fined £20 with £20 costs. He also had his licence endorsed.

What licence? The next line stated that he didn't have a licence. For this he was fined £10.

To add insult to injury he had been driving this vehicle in a dangerous condition and with a defective tyre but neither of these offences incurred a separate penalty.

I don't know how much a licence costs nowadays, but insurance is £250 upwards so he is quids in.

Driving without insurance is a very serious offence and should be dealt with accordingly. The consequences of an uninsured driver colliding with someone else don't bear thinking about, but the magistrates should.

Phil Lightbody, Plumpton Lee, Bradford