Gardai remind drivers about Clancy amendment as two cars impounded in Kildare
In two years, over 5,800 cars seized from unaccompanied learner drivers.
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); Gardai are reminding all learner permit drivers that they must be accompanied by a qualified driver after two cars were impounded in Kildare today.
The advice comes exactly two years since the introduction of the Clancy Amendment to improve safety on roads. Today is the anniversary of the Clancy amendment being signed into law
It provides the gardai with an additional power to seize vehicles from learner drivers who were driving a vehicle without being accompanied by a qualified driver.