Last September we told you that a number of drivers with more than 30 penalty points on their licences had escaped driving bans, according to information gathered by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM).
The worst offender was a woman from Lincoln with 42 points on her licence; however, her record has just been overtaken by a man from Liverpool who has managed to accrue a staggering 45 points.
Motorist still driving with 42 points
The points were all for failing to disclose the identity of the driver or exceeding the speed limit between 1 October 2012 and 20 June 2013.
Other notable offenders include a man from Warrington, Cheshire, who was caught driving without insurance six times in less than two weeks, between 20 February and 2 March 2012, earning 36 points.
A woman from Lincoln also earned 34 points for three counts of speeding and four counts of failing to identify the driver between 15 January 2012 and 26 September 2012; a woman from Hull accrued 31 points for being caught speeding eight times between 29 September 2011 and 29 November 2011; and a man from Westcliff-on-Sea managed to collect 30 points after being caught speeding six times in two weeks, between 30 September and 13 October 2012.
Failing to give the identity of the owner, speeding, and driving uninsured were cited as the most common reasons for points.
Of the top twenty licence-points holders, only three are women.
IAM chief executive Simon Best said: "DVLA must rapidly overall their systems and working relationships with the courts to ensure that the whole principle of 12 points and you are off the road is not undermined.
"Any suggestion that some drivers may be able to speed with impunity and then talk themselves out of a ban puts our whole approach to enforcement into question. The police and the motoring public need to have confidence that those caught speeding or breaking other motoring laws will be dealt with equally."
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