I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following table shows the number of proceedings commenced against persons for failing to be accompanied by a qualified driver, contrary to the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006, for the period 2012 to 26 April, 2013:
Failure to be accompanied by a Qualified Driver
Year
|
No. of Proceedings commenced
|
2013 (to 26 April)
|
413
|
2012
|
3,657
|
Figures provided are provisional, operational and liable to change.
Road safety continues to be an issue of great importance in An Garda Síochána's Policing Plan 2013 and involves targeted enforcement measures focusing on high risk behaviour including specific operations undertaken with a particular focus on the learner driver with the overall objective of achieving a sustained reduction in the number of fatal and serious injury collisions on our roads.