Unaccompanied learners: Over 1,600 cars impounded since December last year
The RSA and Gardaí are calling on long-term learner permit holders to take their driving test.
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The RSA and Gardaí are calling on long-term learner permit holders to take their driving test.
While 9% of drivers on the road are learners, only 5.8% of fatal crashes involved learner drivers.
In some counties the average waiting time for the test is more than 20 weeks.
A grieving husband and father said this would make drivers and car owners equally accountable.
The initial pilot will take place in Waterford and Thurles over a 6 week period.
A new study, which is being run by Trinity College Dublin and CRASH Services, will fit a ‘black box’ into cars to see if such technology can help improve driver behaviour.