Learner drivers ‘can start their own driving schools’

LEARNER drivers can start up their own driving schools because of the lack of regulation in the sector, it was claimed yesterday.

The director of the Irish School of Motoring (ISM) also branded the theory exam inadequate and the driving test a joke and said it was scandalous that learner drivers had to wait up to 18 months to sit a test.

Addressing a road safety conference in Ennis yesterday, John Walsh warned lives were being put at risk by unqualified, untrained driving instructors.