Query...?

Misticles

i sent an email to the driving test people asking how long it would be beofre i sit my test as i applied in august for it. got a reply saying 2-3months. i got a prospective employer to send a letter saying they cant hire me untill i have a full license.
anybody know if this will hurry it up a bit and if so, how long?
anybody any experience with doing this?
thanks:D

is_that_so

It may do and there is no harm in asking them for a letter, but a lot of other people do the same. Did you say you'd accept cancellations? That certainly can help. A friend of mine got a second test inside 4 weeks.

Litcagral

The problem with the letter from your employer is that half the country are doing the same so it may not be very effective. I have passed the driving test in all categories and always found it useful to inform them that I am available to do the test at very short notice. Then telephone the relevant section for your county regularly informing them again that you are available anytime to take a test. Good luck.

Misticles

it wasnt mentioned in the letter that id accept cancellations. so if i ring the place im doing my test saying i can do it anytime, i could get it sooner? ill give it a go. i want to get it before april, dont wanna be stuck with penalty points if im caught with no driver.

Litcagral

Misticles wrote:

it wasnt mentioned in the letter that id accept cancellations. so if i ring the place im doing my test saying i can do it anytime, i could get it sooner? ill give it a go. i want to get it before april, dont wanna be stuck with penalty points if im caught with no driver.

As far as I can remember, you need to telephone the Driving Testing Section in Mayo?, not the test centre you have nominated, as it is from there that the tests are rostered. (It has been a long time since I did it so that may have changed).

Re Caught without qualified Driver - I don't think this is subject to penalty points but I'm open to correction on it.

Misticles

it will be from april, 2points if caught with no driver.

Supercell

Misticles wrote:

it will be from april, 2points if caught with no driver.

As its come to this I will be looking for an employers letter..i'm already waiting 4 months..

Litcagral

Misticles wrote:

it will be from april, 2points if caught with no driver.

This is the only list I could find Misticles - nothing here re accompanied driver. Are there more offences not listed here?


Dangerous overtaking
Failure to act in accordance with a Garda signal
Failure to stop a vehicle before stop sign / stop line
Failure to yield right of way at a yield sign / yield line
Crossing continuous white line
Entry by driver into hatched marked area of roadway, e.g. carriageway reduction lane
Failure to obey traffic lights
Failure to obey traffic rules at railway crossing
Driving a vehicle on a motorway against the flow of traffic
Driving on the hard shoulder on a motorway
Driving a HGV or bus on the outside lane on motorway
Failure to drive on the left hand side of the road
Failure to obey requirements at junctions,
e.g. not being in the correct lane when turning onto another road
Failure to obey requirements regarding reversing of vehicles,
e.g. reversing from minor road onto main road
Driving on a footpath
Driving on a cycle track
Failure to turn left when entering a roundabout
Driving on a median strip,
e.g. boundary between two carriageways
Failure to stop for a school warden sign
Failure to stop when so required by a member of the Garda Siochana
Failure to leave appropriate distance between you and the vehicle in front
Failure to yield
Driving without reasonable consideration
Failure to comply with mandatory signals at junctions
Failure to comply with prohibitory traffic signs
Failure to comply with keep left/ keep right signs
Failure to comply with traffic lane markings
Illegal entry to onto/ into a one-way street
Driving a vehicle when unfit
Parking a vehicle in a dangerous position
Breach of duties at an accident

Misticles

i found it somewhere, just cant think where