Cork campaigner wants 'gaping' learner driver loophole closed

Thousands of learner drivers, he said, were booking tests but not showing up and rolling over their learner permit for another year and many continued to do this for years and years. File image

The “gaping” loophole on learner driving permits, which can be rolled over without sitting a driving test, must be addressed by the Road Safety Authority.

That’s according to road safety campaigner, Noel Clancy from Kilworth in Cork, who was commenting on new figures showing that while fatal road collisions involving learner drivers have fallen the majority continue to involve unaccompanied learner drivers.