Naas Gardaí arrest unaccompanied L driver for failing breath test at MIT checkpoint

Naas Roads Policing Unit performed a Super Mit Checkpoint on Sunday where they arrested an unaccompanied Learner driver who failed a breath test.

It is understood that the driver was over unaccompanied while driving yesterday despite the new law banning learner drivers from travelling unaccompanied, and the driver also failed a breath test.

The driver was found to be over the found to be over legal limit at the station.

They were given an immediate disqualification and the vehicle was impounded.

It follows new laws introduced just before Christmas whereby motorists who let learner drivers use their cars unaccompanied will face jail time or fines under new laws while unaccompanied learner drivers may now have their vehicle seized by gardaí.

In addition, anyone who loans a car to an unaccompanied learner driver faces prosecution and having their car impounded, following the amendment to the law.

The amendment is named after the Clancy family, who lost two members in a crash involving an unaccompanied learner three years ago. Mum Geraldine (58) and daughter Louise (22) Clancy when their vehicle was involved in a collision with an unaccompanied learner driver on December 22, 2015.

Meanwhile, the RSA has also warned that a learner permit is not a licence and drivers are at risk, due to their inexperience, when they're learning to drive

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