{"id":523984,"date":"2026-06-29T10:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/523984\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T10:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:43:08","slug":"heat-rises-for-learner-drivers-as-cars-seized-in-waterford-sunshine-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/523984\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat rises for learner drivers as cars seized in Waterford sunshine &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The heat rose for two learner drivers in Waterford recently when their vehicles were seized by Gardai.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Members attached to Tramore Garda Station were carrying out a checkpoint during the recent extremely warm spell when they observed two unaccompanied learner drivers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In an online post, the Garda\u00ed noted: &#8220;Although it was a lovely day for a drive, you must have a licenced driver with you if you are a learner driver.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Two drivers had their cars seized today under Section 41 RTA,&#8221; stated the Garda\u00ed in their post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Court proceedings to follow,&#8221; they added, before reminding motorists to &#8220;know the law, don&#8217;t take the risk&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The heat rose for two learner drivers in Waterford recently when their vehicles were seized by Gardai. Members&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-523984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}