Over time, many of the worst offenders will be identified and charged.
They'll then (months later) go before a judge who may fine them and/or suspend them from driving for x years. S/he probably won't ask for their licence (assuming that they have one). In rare cases, the very worst of the repeat offenders may be sent to prison, but given that their crime was non violent and that our prisons are overflowing, they'll probably be released within a few days and will be free to continue driving as before.
Rinse and repeat ad infinitum.
(I don't know what happens if they don't pay the fine imposed, but presume that if they don't, they'll eventually be jailed - only to be released later that same day due to overcrowding. Can anyone advise whether, if someone is jailed for non-payment of a fine, does that wipe out the fine, or is it still due?)
I would love to put forward a viable solution for this ongoing problem, but until the punishment for serial offenders is made serious enough to persuade them not to re-offend (possibly by the imposition of a significant fine allied to the permanent forfeiture of their vehicle) there probably isn't going to be very much change to the current unsatisfactory situation.
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