Recently released data revealed that 5,929 novice drivers received penalty points and fines last year for being caught driving alone, reports The Mirror.
This marks a slight increase from a year earlier, when 5,774 students were caught for risky rule violation, reports The Mirror.
In Ireland, it is against the law to drive alone with a learner’s permit. In Ireland, under the Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) system, a student permit holder must at all times be accompanied by someone who has held a full and valid driving license in the same category for at least two years.
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If you are caught driving unaccompanied or if you allow your vehicle to be used by an unaccompanied learner, the following penalties apply:
– If you are a student driver and own a vehicle without a chaperone, you are subject to seizure of your vehicle
– If you are an unaccompanied learner but you are not the owner of the vehicle, the owner could face confiscation of the vehicle and a fine of up to €1,000
– up to four penalty points
– a fine of up to €120
Mr. Farrell explained to Newstalk: “Normal or ordinary drivers if they accumulate 12 penalty points in a three-year period, they face a six-month disqualification. But for learner drivers in the context of unaccompanied driving, they face being off the road for six months if they accumulate seven points in a three-month period,” reports The Mirror.
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