My point is that both are against the law, mugging may be a silly example but the more people we allow to get away with bending the law the further the law will be bent. Someone who is not afraid of flouting a traffic law is usually someone who is happy to forget to tax and insure their car. I seem to remember ther were in the region of 1.5 million people who drove in the UK who did not tax and insure their cars. Get hit by one of these people and they are unlikely to hang around to look after you.

An example:

No jail for uninsured hit-and-run driver
By Visordown News
Lincolnshire driver escapes prison after leaving biker seriously injured then torching his car to hide evidence

A MALE DRIVER who seriously injured a motorcyclist in a road collision, before fleeing the scene then setting fire to his car to hide the evidence, has escaped a prison sentence.
Earlier this week, Lincoln Magistrates' Court heard how Kerry Miles Pick, 25, ran a red light in Broadgate, Lincoln, before colliding with the biker. Realising the seriousness of his actions, Pick then fled the scene before deliberately torching his car.

The motorcyclist, whose name has yet to be released by Police, sustained a broken knee, ankle and arm.

In court, Pick pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention, no insurance, no MOT test certificate and failing to stop at the scene of an accident.

But Magistrates chose not to hand down a custodial sentence as Pick had entered an early guilty plea. Instead he'll get a high level community order.