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Mon 02 Feb 2010Move to close points loophole
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) today said steps were been taken to close a legal loophole that has enabled drivers escape penalty point sanctions.
It has emerged motorists convicted of serious road traffic offences did not have penalty points applied as their licence numbers are not always passed on from the courts to the Road Safety Authority (RSA) or because the licence is not brought to court.
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