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Can I ride a foreign bike?

  • 13-01-2007 7:15pm
    #1
    Brunoxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭


    Hi,
    my brother is going to visit me in Dublin and stay for two weeks.
    Hi is going to ride here on motorbike from Poland.
    Am I allowed to ride his bike during his visit in Dublin if I am resident of ROI?

    He is owner of this bike and has Polish comprehensive insurance but I am also on this insurance as second driver.


Comments

  • #2
    subway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    read the insurance document, does it cover you driving it abroad?
    do you have a full motorbike license?


  • #3
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,072 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    No. It is illegal for a resident of the State to drive a temporarily imported vehicle (apart from very limited circumstances, mainly work-related, which would not apply to you).

    The bike (or car) can be seized by the Gardai in these circumstances.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #4
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    Hmmm... Not sure about that. If you have owner approval and you are legally insured, I doubt it is illegal to do so... And I'd be surprised if Gards gave you grief about it...


  • #5
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,450 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Definitely illegal under VRT legislation. If you're Irish resident you cannot drive a foreign registered vehicle. Otherwise it would be a loophole and anyone stopped would claim they were just borrowing it from their non-resident friend, etc.

    Gardai might take an interest at a checkpoint. Customs can seize the vehicle on the spot if they so much as suspect a VRT offence (and they don't just operate at the ports.)

    In Cavan there was a great fire / Judge McCarthy was sent to inquire / It would be a shame / If the nuns were to blame / So it had to be caused by a wire.



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