In the past two months, an average of eight vehicles a day have been seized by gardaí from learner drivers in a major clampdown on unaccompanied learner drivers.
This clamp down is as a result of the Clancy Amendment which came into effect 22nd December 2018. The law is named Geraldine Clancy and daughter Louise who were killed on 22 December 2015 after their car overturned into a flooded ditch in Co Cork following a collision with a car driven by an unaccompanied learner driver.
The 'Clancy Amendment' has not altered, changed or amended the status of a holder of a Learner Permit it simply enforces it. A change that did develop from the amendment is car owners who allow learner drivers to use their cars unaccompanied face fines or jail terms.
According to RTE.ie, between 22nd December 2018 and 10th February 377 vehicles were seized from learner drivers because they were not accompanied by a person holding a full drivers licence.
Gardaí took to Twitter this morning to inform followers of an incident in Letterkenny where they stopped a learner driver that did not hold a licence.
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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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