AA rejects road safety measures as unworkable

THE brakes were put on stringent proposals to restrict learner drivers on Irish roads yesterday after some of the radical road safety plans were deemed unworkable.

The tough measures proposed by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) to curb road deaths include “punishing” learner drivers with double penalty points, forcing L-plate drivers to spend nearly €1,000 on lessons and banning them from driving at night.

While some of new graduated licensing system proposals were welcomed, the Automobile Association (AA) warned others would be hard to police and involved practical difficulties.