Thousands of dangerous drivers let off disqualification because of “‘exceptional hardship”
It has been revealed that a driver with 54 penalty points has been allowed to keep his licence by the courts.
The 27-year-old from Teeside is one of more than 11,000 motorists whose licences have not been revoked despite totting up 12 points just in the last year.
Of these 10,000 were let off by the courts, and another 1,000 are still driving because details of the disqualification failed to reach the DVLA.
The information was disclosed as the result of a Freedom of Information inquiry by a Sunday newspaper.
Approximately one in four drivers facing disqualification has been shown clemency under the “exceptional hardship” provisions.
Andrew Howard, the AA’s head of road safety, voiced outrage at the number of motorists being let off. He said, “You are not talking about someone who as made one mistake, but four. If a quarter of motorists are getting let off, we seem to have forgotten the purpose of the law is to inconvenience those who repeatedly break it.”
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