More than 153,000 drivers have penalty points

MORE than 153,000 drivers have penalty points but just three are off the road. Another 35 are two points short of the number needed for automatic disqualification, statistics published yesterday show.

Those who accumulated 12 penalty points and who have been put off the road for six months had their licences issued in north Tipperary, Carlow and Cork.

The north Tipperary driver was the first person to be disqualified under the new system a couple of months ago.