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Unaccompanied learner drivers "causing serious risk"

Unaccompanied learner drivers face a Government crackdown.
Unaccompanied learner drivers face a Government crackdown.

The Road Safety Authority has said that in the past three years 47 learner drivers have been involved in fatal crashes. The authority told RTÉ Prime Time that unaccompanied learner drivers are "out there causing serious risk to other people. It really isn’t acceptable".

The comments come as the Government plans a clampdown on unaccompanied L drivers. Fran Mc Nulty of Prime Time has been looking at the issue.

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