Ireland Case No. 29610Driving on a learner permit unaccompanied; driving without L plates · Co. Dublin · 15 Oct 2021
Car seized after unaccompanied learner driving on Swords Road
A man driving a Volkswagen Polo was stopped at a Garda checkpoint on Swords Road in Dublin on 15 October 2021. He had been recording Gardaí on his phone while driving past the checkpoint. Officers found he was an unaccompanied learner with no L plates displayed on the vehicle. Gardaí seized the car and a fixed charge notice is to be issued.
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- The driver was recording Gardaí on a phone while driving past a checkpoint.
- The driver was an unaccompanied learner with no L plates displayed on the vehicle.
- The vehicle was a Volkswagen Polo.
- The vehicle was seized by Gardaí.
- A fixed charge notice is to be issued.
- Where
- The checkpoint was on Swords Road in Dublin.
- When
- The incident occurred on Friday 15 October 2021.
8 statements extracted from the articles
- whatThe driver was recording Gardaí on a phone while driving past (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe driver was an unaccompanied learner (irishmirror.ie)
- whatNo L plates were displayed on the vehicle (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe vehicle was a Volkswagen Polo (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe vehicle was seized by Gardaí (irishmirror.ie)
- whatA fixed charge notice is to be issued (irishmirror.ie)
- whereThe checkpoint was on Swords Road in Dublin (irishmirror.ie)
- whenThe incident occurred on Friday 15 October 2021 (irishmirror.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 16 Oct2021Driver stopped by Gardai and has car seized after weird act near officers
Reports the specific incident of a learner driver being stopped at a Swords checkpoint for recording Gardaí on a phone, with the vehicle seized and an FCN to be issued.
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