3,200 learners caught with no qualified driver in 2015

Almost 3,200 learner drivers were caught driving without being accompanied by a qualified driver last year.

The latest annual report of the Road Safety Authority shows a total of 3,173 learner drivers were detected driving unaccompanied during 2015 — a new penalty point offence which was only introduced in December 2014.

There were more than 240,000 motorists driving on learner permits at the end of 2015.