Woman driving without licence has vehicle seized in Southport

Woman driving without licence has vehicle seized in Southport.

Learner drivers are being warned not to take a risk and drive without L plates or instructors in the car with them.

It comes after a young woman in Southport was cautioned by officers and had her car seized in the Crossens area this morning when police noticed she was driving alone and without L plates (Tuesday 4 July 2017).

A quick check on the system signaled that the driver was only operating with a provisional licence and there was no qualified guide with her in the car to supervise her. She will now likely lose her provisional license.

A spokesperson for the Road Traffic team warned that other drivers thinking of taking a risk are unlikely to get away with it.

The woman was driving on a provisional driving licence without being supervised & without L plates displayed.

Police officers have the power to seize a vehicle if they have a “reasonable cause to believe” that the vehicle was, or had been, used whilst uninsured or by a driver who did not hold a valid driving licence for that type of vehicle.

If a vehicle has been seized, it may be reclaimed by the person who was the owner or keeper of the vehicle at the time it was seized. Before the vehicle will be returned, the owner or keeper must comply with certain legal requirements. Each of these requirements must be complied with within seven working days of receiving the seizure notice, which will have been given to the driver at the roadside or sent to the Registered Keeper by post.

Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and bank holidays are not working days, all other days are working days.

If all of the requirements are not completed within seven working days, the vehicle will be disposed.

Disposal will occur 15 days after the date of the seizure, or 15 days after the service of an official notice, if the notice was sent by post to the Registered Keeper after the vehicle was seized.