There is no doubt uninsured drivers are still a major menace to the district’s other road users.

Such selfish individuals push up the price of car insurance for the law-abiding majority – an important consideration bearing in mind how much it can cost and how tight family budgets can be.

But of even greater concern is that the type of person who thinks it is all right to drive without insurance is very often the same type who will take other risks which can cause accidents and even commit other offences.

Sadly, despite the above, this issue has not always seemed to matter to the authorities in the same way that it does the public.

There are, however, welcome signs that it has recently shot up their agenda.

The latest evidence of this is a city-centre swoop which took 23 uninsured vehicles off the road, saw 11 arrests, more than £4,000 recovered in unpaid fines, and fixed-penalty notices given out for offences such as using a mobile while driving and not wearing a seatbelt.

On their own, such operations will not tackle the epidemic of uninsured drivers in parts of Bradford.

But if they are part of a sustained effort – as is being promised – then we could start to see major inroads being made into a problem that has blighted this area for too long.