Gardaí are clamping down on learner drivers who drive unaccompanied.
It has been reported that an average of eight vehicles a day have been seized by Gardaí from unaccompanied learner drivers in the past two months.
According to RTÉ, between 22 December 2018 and 10 February 2019 a total of 337 vehicles were seized from learner drivers because they were not accompanied by a person holding a full driving licence.
A new law came into effect on 21 December of 2018, which stated that any car owner that allows a learner driver to use their car unaccompanied will face fines or a jail sentence.
The current law states that learner drivers must be accompanied by a person holding a full driving licence for at least two years.
On Thursday morning, Gardaí took to Twitter to inform people that Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit in Donegal seized a vehicle after a learner driver, who was being accompanied, was stopped.
However, the passenger in the car did not hold a full driver’s licence.
Donegal: Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit stopped this learner driver. The passenger in the car didn't hold a licence. Vehicle seized and court proceedings to follow. pic.twitter.com/95NKXnQ8p5
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) February 14, 2019
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