Gardai seize vehicle after foggy windscreen at checkpoint triggers inspection

Gardaí policing traffic in Roscrea seized a car this week after they inspected the vehicle which had a fogged-up windscreen hampering visibility.

On Tuesday evening Tipperary Roads Policing Unit were carrying out a checkpoint in Roscrea, when a vehicle "approached slowly with the windows completely fogged up, which was a danger to other road users", the Gardaí said.

"The driver somehow realised the checkpoint was ahead", the Gardaí said.

When they stopped and inspected the vehicle they discovered via the Garda Mobility App the motorist had no insurance, valid NCT or current road tax disc.

The tax on the Peugeot had expired 658 days ago.

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