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EB Licence Holders

  • 08-05-2010 7:25am
    #1
    kincaid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭


    hi

    are the garda enforcing this,
    i know quite a few people who are drawing trailers and car transporters behind their vehicle and they do not have the licence for this...

    some of them have been stopped by the garda but was never even mentioned..
    quite expensive to do the test i hear -probably just another money racket


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  • #2
    hoodie6029
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,238 ✭✭✭hoodie6029


    you only need the EB licence if you are towing a trailer with a gross design weight of greater than 750kg. So if you want to legally tow a horse box, cattle trailer etc you need it or your insurance doesn't cover you.

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  • #3
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    i bet nearly noone has ever sat this test...I have this but only because my license was a UK one originally....(have c1 too for same reason)


  • #4
    Hooch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Hooch


    corktina wrote: »
    i bet nearly noone has ever sat this test...I have this but only because my license was a UK one originally....(have c1 too for same reason)

    I sat it.....5 min test!

    Yes O/P we are enforcing it!


  • #5
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    nice guy always wrote: »
    I sat it.....5 min test!

    Yes O/P we are enforcing it!

    Good to hear. Im fed up with these cow boxs with no lights, markings etc doing 60 kph on main roads out on the white line:(


  • #6
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,088 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    nice guy always wrote: »
    I sat it.....5 min test!

    Yes O/P we are enforcing it!
    SARASON wrote: »
    Good to hear. Im fed up with these cow boxs with no lights, markings etc doing 60 kph on main roads out on the white line:(

    Same here.. I found myself suddenly behind one of these a few months back (when the weather was darker earlier) with NO lights at all on. When he eventually pulled in so I could tell him, his excuse was that connecting the trailer lights was blowing the fuses in his jeep. :rolleyes:

    He also had what I assume was his 10-year old (ish) daughter in the front seat with him.


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  • #7
    kincaid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭kincaid


    yes so most people out there who are towing cattle trailers and car transporters are not covered insurance wise... i don't think they even know this.or care for that matter...

    what do it cost to get this EB licence from start to finish in Ireland


  • #8
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    Kaiser2000 wrote: »
    Same here.. I found myself suddenly behind one of these a few months back (when the weather was darker earlier) with NO lights at all on. When he eventually pulled in so I could tell him, his excuse was that connecting the trailer lights was blowing the fuses in his jeep. :rolleyes:

    He also had what I assume was his 10-year old (ish) daughter in the front seat with him.


    I know how do they get away with it i know its off topic but mart day in a local town sees all these relics of corollas and jeeps out. Nct or doe how are ya. Sorry for off topic post;)


  • #9
    Jonty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,830 ✭✭✭Jonty


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055897264


    You can pull more than a 750kg trailer on a B License


  • #10
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,088 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    SARASON wrote: »
    I know how do they get away with it i know its off topic but mart day in a local town sees all these relics of corollas and jeeps out. Nct or doe how are ya. Sorry for off topic post;)

    Yep that's exactly where he was going :D There's a big local mart about 15 minutes from where I live!


  • #11
    Eric Cartman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,280 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    whats the procedure of the test, ive heard its doing your whole test with a trailor on and if you apply for an EB provisional do you have to wait 6 months to get the full


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  • #12
    Stoolbend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭Stoolbend


    nice guy always wrote: »
    I sat it.....5 min test!

    Yes O/P we are enforcing it!

    Is it really only 5mins?


  • #13
    kincaid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭kincaid


    must be alot easier and cheaper than northern ireland then as young guy i spoke to from co tyrone had to do a test in Derry,not as only a few venues do it and he said it cost him 400stg for all... well so he says anyway


  • #14
    slimjimmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,786 ✭✭✭slimjimmc


    corktina wrote: »
    i bet nearly noone has ever sat this test...I have this but only because my license was a UK one originally....(have c1 too for same reason)

    A mate done it, twice (failed first time).
    Eric Cartman wrote: »
    whats the procedure of the test, ive heard its doing your whole test with a trailor on and if you apply for an EB provisional do you have to wait 6 months to get the full
    Yep, it's the same procedure.. do a theory test, get a learner permit, wait 6months for the test (if first EB learner permit) and are only allowed to tow a trailer if you are accompanied by a driver who also has an EB licence.

    According to my mate the road test was basically the same as the standard test but with a trailer attached and with a few amendments. You also have to be able to reverse the car and trailer around a corner, though I don't think you have "3-point" turn.

    Failing the EB doesn't affect the rest of your licence.


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