Omg driving test fees gone up to 85 euro

Xios

WTF? Ain't **** meant to be cheaper during a recession?

Pdfile

Xios wrote: »

WTF? Ain't **** meant to be cheaper during a recession?

if it where me id get a bus/luas/train ticket


not to be bad but the last 3 months, every freind + family member has complained about constant mistakes in both provisional and full lisense, boycot the system guys. Frankly the amount of procrastion towards the rules laid down to keep the roads safe let alone teaching drivers is beyond normal though and prices we must pay !


revolt everyone.... REVOLT !

Alanstrainor

iirc the full cost of the test to the government is around 120 or so, that means you're still not paying the full whack for it. I agree though, it still sucks.

Zubeneschamali

Xios wrote: »

WTF? Ain't **** meant to be cheaper during a recession?

If you can't afford €85 for a test, how are you going to put €85 in the tank every week?

Nonoperational

Pdfile wrote: »

if it where me id get a bus/luas/train ticket


not to be bad but the last 3 months, every freind + family member has complained about constant mistakes in both provisional and full lisense, boycot the system guys. Frankly the amount of procrastion towards the rules laid down to keep the roads safe let alone teaching drivers is beyond normal though and prices we must pay !


revolt everyone.... REVOLT !

What in the name of god was that?

This is the motors forum, people like to drive.

BigEejit

gpf101 wrote: »

What in the name of god was that?

+1

Xios

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

If you can't afford €85 for a test, how are you going to put €85 in the tank every week?

Ride a motorbike?

Raskolnikov

Alanstrainor wrote: »

iirc the full cost of the test to the government is around 120 or so

That sounds like a load of crusty bollocks to me. How the heck can it cost €120 to put an uneducated person with a clipboard into a car for 30 minutes? I work in a highly skilled job and our fully loaded cost (building, insurance, wages, etc.) rate per hour is half that.

Viper_JB

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

If you can't afford €85 for a test, how are you going to put €85 in the tank every week?

I think you may be missing the OP's point here...with out reason or increase in service again a government department is increasing the price of something when the prices for the majority of things are dropping. Just because it's just about affordable it doesn't justify the fact that they are screwing the motorist at every opertunity.

si_guru

Costs do go up and maybe it was making a loss before... but to be fair, just 2 years ago it was €38... that's a big increse just recently.

Cookie_Monster

its just more taxation by stealth. nothing to do with the cost of testing

colm_mcm

That means if you fail ten times, it'll cost you an extra €100

If this makes people spend their money on driving lessons and know their stuff before doing the test then its not exactly a bad thing.