A learner driver has been charged after she was caught behind the wheel with a blind instructor in WA’s north.

According to police, the woman’s vehicle was stopped on Hibiscus Drive in Kununurra last Sunday morning.

It was established that the 20-year-old’s driving instructor was legally blind.

“A blind instructor is not an appropriate person to give you driving lessons! Driver charged,” Kununurra Police tweeted.

The instructor, believed to be aged in his 70s, received no penalty.

The 20-year-old woman has been charged with one count of contravening a learners’ permit.