‘Game-changer’ amendment would give gardaí ability to identify banned drivers who fail to surrender licences
‘Game-changer’ amendment will give gardaí ability to identify banned drivers who fail to surrender licences
The delay, until March 31st next, is linked to the requirement for motorists to provide their driver number to insurers and brokers to renew their insurance. Insurers will not be permitted to issue a policy without the driver number of everyone named on a policy. The numbers will be validated against the Department of Transport’s National Vehicle and Driver File .
The Department of Transport said “industry representatives in October advised that a delay would be required” to complete changes to insurer IT systems in order to capture all driver numbers, “and to allow more time to communicate the new requirements to the public”. She said that after 14 years of campaigning “come March, gardaí with their mobility devices can, through a car’s registration number, tell not only if the driver is uninsured but also disqualified. They will also know if any named driver on the insurance policy is disqualified.”Ms Gray said it was a “game-changer” but that it was essential “to ensure that this is done properly and that nobody slips the net”.
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