More than 5,000 cars seized from previously banned drivers since 2018

The Pulse system has been updated to allow gardaí to report the reason a vehicle was seized under section 41 of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018 to include the offence of driving while disqualified. Picture: Dan Linehan

Gardaí have seized more than 5,000 vehicles after stopping people who had already been disqualified from driving in the past three years.

Details released by Justice Minister Heather Humphreys show that gardaí confiscated 2,065 vehicles last year alone from people who were driving while disqualified.