Tom, you'd quickly get caught if you did that. You wouldn't be able to tax the vehicle for a start, that is always a red flag. The car would show up as uninsured on every ANPR camera it passed.
There is approximately 1 million uninsured drivers in the UK - about 4% which is half of what it was 20 years ago. That doesn't mean there are 1 million uninsured cars on the road.
As I explained earlier, my car is insured - it won't raise any flags to either cameras or passing police so long as it is driven sensibly. Even if my next door neighbour is driving it and isn't insured to do so, or I am delivering take away food for the local chippy (I'm not insured for that).
That 4% figure doesn't really tell us much. Are those 4% driving uninsured every day for months or years, or just once? Are they counting the car thieves and joyriders? The parents who front the insurance for their 17 year who has just passed her test?
I'd like to know the stats behind the numbers