L plates & full license holder required with provesional driver

Sully

Greetings!

A friend told me he was told about an article in the Independent there a few weeks ago (he was away on holidays, and only told me about this the other day) that stated that some court here in Ireland ruled that it "wasn't law" and was just a "guideline" that those on a provisional driver license needed a driver on a full license accompany them, along with L plates back and front. This decision was made after a guy challenged the cops after they tried to charge him for such offenses.

Now, I cant seem to find any mention of this at all. Seems a bit odd to me, as everywhere I read about it stated it was a law. Nothing about it just being a suggested guideline, and not a legal issue.

Any ideas? Seems to be a false report to me...

bennyx_o

Yea, he's right. It means you can't be pulled over or prosecuted for not having L plates up.

dudara

There was a huge thread on this only a few days ago. If you search back through the mists of time, you should find it no bother.

There are no specific penalties attached to driving unaccompanied or without L-plates, hence the charges being dropped in court by a judge. But however, by doing so, you are violating the conditions of your provisional license and are thus driivng without a valid license and hence invalid insurance.

Sully

dudara wrote:

There was a huge thread on this only a few days ago. If you search back through the mists of time, you should find it no bother.

There are no specific penalties attached to driving unaccompanied or without L-plates, hence the charges being dropped in court by a judge. But however, by doing so, you are violating the conditions of your provisional license and are thus driivng without a valid license and hence invalid insurance.

Sorry, I couldnt find it when I searched. Ill keep looking. Thanks

Hobbes

After a year though you don't need to display the plates afair.

Alun

Hobbes wrote:

After a year though you don't need to display the plates afair.

The you recall incorrectly! What on earth made you think that?

Enright

just remember that whileu might not get procouted u are still oblidged to display the L plates whilst driving., You will NOT pass your test unless they are displayed during same, in fact the driving test examiner will not sit in the car unless they are.