120,000 drivers have never taken their driving tests.
It applies to people from 1984 until 2016 who, under current rules, can renew their learner permit once they’ve booked a driving test – but they don’t actually have to do the test.
Colm O’Brien is a driving instructor in Templemore and Thurles – he’s been telling Tipp FM’s Ben Sweeney that the system is to blame, not the drivers:
