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.
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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