Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 October 2017
540. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers disqualified from driving, by category of driver (details supplied), having reached the number of penalty points required for automatic disqualification; the offences which resulted in them attracting those points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42570/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe following tabular statements provide the details requested by the Deputy.
Table 1: This table provides the number of drivers currently disqualified broken down by driving licence type:
|
Driver Details |
Number of Drivers |
|
Full |
459 |
|
Learner Permit |
136 |
|
Novice Driver |
157 |
|
No Driver Number |
56 |
|
Total |
808 |
Table 2: This table provides the driving licence type broken down by penalty point offence:
|
Penalty Point Offence |
Full |
Learner Permit |
Novice Driver |
No Driver Number |
|
22-35mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath |
9 |
|||
|
50-80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood |
1 |
|||
|
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. M1 Vehicle |
72 |
20 |
12 |
7 |
|
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. M2 Vehicle |
1 |
|||
|
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N1 Vehicle |
16 |
|||
|
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N2 Vehicle |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N3 Vehicle |
3 |
1 |
||
|
Bald/Not maintained/cause damage tyre-Left front wheel |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
Bald/Not maintained/cause damage tyre-Left rear wheel |
1 |
5 |
||
|
Bald/Not maintained/cause damage tyre-Right front wheel |
4 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
Bald/Not maintained/cause damage tyre-Right rear wheel |
1 |
1 |
||
|
Breach of duties on occurrence of an accident |
4 |
1 |
||
|
Careless Driving contrary to section 52(1) |
5 |
1 |
||
|
Cross continuous white line/broken white line |
10 |
7 |
1 |
4 |
|
Dangerous Driving Reduced to Careless riving |
7 |
3 |
||
|
Drive on hard shoulder/non carriageway - motorway |
3 |
|||
|
Driver Fail ensure Passenger U/17 wear Safety Belt |
10 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
Driver Fail Restrain Child O/3 in Child Restraint |
16 |
8 |
3 |
|
|
Driver Fail Restrain Child U/3 in Child Restraint |
9 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone |
221 |
7 |
21 |
18 |
|
Driving dangerously defective vehicle |
2 |
|||
|
Driving past a red light. Contrary to sec 35(5)RTA 1994 |
3 |
1 |
||
|
Driving without reasonable consideration |
25 |
11 |
14 |
3 |
|
Entry to hatched marked area |
5 |
1 |
||
|
Exceed 100 km/h limit |
141 |
30 |
30 |
17 |
|
Exceed 120 km/h limit |
68 |
12 |
10 |
14 |
|
Exceed 30 km/h limit |
1 |
|||
|
Exceed 50 km/h limit |
251 |
50 |
42 |
26 |
|
Exceed 50 mph (Dublin) |
1 |
|||
|
Exceed 60 km/h limit |
170 |
36 |
20 |
18 |
|
Exceed 80 km/h limit |
90 |
27 |
14 |
14 |
|
Exceed ordinary speed limit (class of vehicle) |
8 |
2 |
||
|
Fail to act in accordance with Garda signal |
1 |
|||
|
Fail to comply with Keep to Right/Left signs |
1 |
|||
|
Fail to comply with mandatory traffic signs |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Fail to comply with No Entry traffic sign |
1 |
|||
|
Fail to comply with prohibitory traffic signs |
6 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
|
Fail to comply with traffic lane markings |
2 |
1 |
||
|
Fail to obey traffic lights |
33 |
16 |
7 |
3 |
|
Fail to stop before stop sign/stop line |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Fail to stop for Garda |
4 |
1 |
||
|
Fail to yield right of way |
1 |
|||
|
Fail to yield right of way at sign/line |
1 |
|||
|
Learner driver unaccompanied by a qualified driver |
10 |
45 |
86 |
3 |
|
Motorcycle Tyre with Depth Less than 1mm - User |
1 |
|||
|
No cert of road worthiness user |
3 |
|||
|
No child restraint rear seat - child |
3 |
|||
|
No insurance - (user) |
45 |
33 |
33 |
2 |
|
No safety belt - driver |
3 |
20 |
1 |
|
|
No safety belt front seat - child |
1 |
|||
|
No safety belt rear seat - child |
1 |
|||
|
Non-Display of L Plate (Learner Driver) |
6 |
39 |
63 |
1 |
|
Non-Display of N plate (Novice driver) |
2 |
9 |
||
|
Non-Display of yellow 'L' tabard on motorcycle |
2 |
|||
|
Offence relating to Overtaking |
10 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Speeding |
2 |
1 |
||
|
Tyre with Depth Less than 1.6 mm - User |
1 |
2 |
||
|
Tyre with Ply/Cord Exposed - User |
1 |
|||
|
Use vehicle without NCT certificate |
73 |
37 |
18 |
9 |
