European Commission chiefs have greenlit a new EU digital driving licence that will create a central registration system across the bloc to help crack down on rogue drivers.
Motorists who commit road traffic offences in other States and get away with it (by for example, avoiding arrest, prosecution or conviction by fleeing the jurisdiction where the offence was committed), will be unable to just leave a country to escape from their offences anymore.
Under the new centralised system, disqualifications will no longer apply just in the country they are issued in, but will apply right across the bloc. There have been tragic circumstances in the past where foreign nationals have fled the jurisdiction here after being involved in car crashes where there have been fatalities.
