The systems to ensure disqualified drivers were put off the roads were not working as the vast majority of suspended drivers were declining to surrender their licences, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has said. It has emerged that of the 83,000 drivers disqualified, for a range of offences, over the past eight years only 11 per cent have surrendered their licences. Mr Burke said the rate at which drivers were refusing to surrender their licences represented a “crisis point” for the justice system. Smart devicesFor its part, the RSA said that surrendering a drivers’ licence was no guarantee that drivers would stay off the roads. It added about 50 per cent of banned drivers either never had a valid licence or their licence had expired.

Source: The Irish Times May 09, 2019 19:18 UTC