Bid to trace rogue foreign drivers through EU-wide data exchange

NON-IRISH drivers are more likely to be involved in road traffic accidents or breaking the speed limit here than locals, but they frequently disappear after the incident.

But this could be stopped following a proposal that would ensure they could be traced anywhere in the EU.

A EU-wide electronic data exchange network open to the road traffic authorities in all 27 member states would allow offenders to be traced.