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Driving alone with Learner permit

  • 26-03-2014 6:32pm
    #1
    IrishRebels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭


    Hey lads, just wondering is it legal for driver who holds learner permit with 12 lessons done driving on the road alone? Im 17 btw. If not what would happend if get caught by the garda?


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  • #2
    whomitconcerns
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,379 ✭✭✭whomitconcerns


    nope, and IF you were caught you could be liable for a 1000euro fine. But its a big if...


  • #3
    IrishRebels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭IrishRebels


    Is it rare to get caught tho? I mean lots of people that I know drives with L permit alone


  • #4
    Pro Hoc Vice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,087 ✭✭✭Pro Hoc Vice


    IrishRebels wrote: »
    Is it rare to get caught tho? I mean lots of people that I know drives with L permit alone

    Take a trip to your local District Court and see that a fair few people are up for this very charge. Driving with out a full driver is driving without a licence simple.


  • #5
    BenRowe
    Registered Users Posts: 104 ✭✭BenRowe


    IrishRebels wrote: »
    Hey lads, just wondering is it legal for driver who holds learner permit with 12 lessons done driving on the road alone? Im 17 btw. If not what would happend if get caught by the garda?
    anyone who does not know what learner permit with 12 lessons done driving allows should not be driving at all


  • #6
    Bepolite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭Bepolite


    Also check your insurance, you will likely only have 3rd party if driving alone. Now given your 17, you're probably driving a sh!t-wagon around with 3rd party only anyway but just incase...

    Also at 17 and in possession of a pair (or even one) testicle you will have zero idea about your driving limits, if you are going to drive on your own be very, very careful. If you think its a safe speed halve it, if you think its a safe stopping distance double it. Speed limits are a maximum not a target.


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  • #7
    IrishRebels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭IrishRebels


    Ya so in short sentences so that I shouldn't drive alone so....


  • #8
    IrishRebels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭IrishRebels


    Thanks for the advice!


  • #9
    Bepolite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭Bepolite


    IrishRebels wrote: »
    Ya so in short sentences so that I shouldn't drive alone so....

    No, you sohuldn't, but like that's going to stop you! :P

    When you eventually get pulled by the guards, be polite, civil and understand they are only doing their job, and you might, MIGHT, get away with it. Not driving like a knob and making sure your car is in good repair will drastically cut your chances of being pulled. Get your test done ASAP.

    Being properly insured, NCT'd and taxed goes without saying.


  • #10
    IrishRebels
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭IrishRebels


    Ok cool, thank you very much for the info!


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