Questions about getting full licence?

13spanner

I'm 17 and on March 11 I'll have had my provisional for 6 months.
Can I apply to do my test before then? i.e. apply March 1st.

And is there a minimum number of lessons I have to have taken before I can do my test? I heard you had to do 10 lessons before doing the test but I don't see that on the RSA website.

Thanks in advance,
13spanner

Permabear

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grrrrrrrrrr

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What happens if someone has done the theory but hasnt gotten the provisional? Say you wont be 17 till June but have the theory test done. Who h rule system so you fall under then?

Yawns

It comes down to this. If you are issued a 1st provisional on the 4th of April or later, you have to do the mandatory number of lessons with an approved driving instructor.

So if you passed your theory but don't apply and receive your 1st permit till after April you have to take the lessons.

grrrrrrrrrr

Yawns wrote: »

It comes down to this. If you are issued a 1st provisional on the 4th of April or later, you have to do the mandatory number of lessons with an approved driving instructor.
So if you passed your theory but don't apply and receive your 1st permit till after April you have to take the lessons.

I though as much but everyone was saying otherwise. Alot of my sisters 16 year old friends were going to the next county to get the theory done even tho they arent 17 til the summer.

Thanks

Permabear

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Yawns

I took my bro to do his theory in Kildare. He's already over 17 so it saved him weeks waiting for a test date in Dublin. He applied for his Licence and recieved it in like 3 - 4 working days from Clondalkin tax office. This was last week only.

Did theory on 10th, passed, did eye sight test same day, next day tax office 1st thing in the morning, had it by Tuesday 15th (yesterday)

dougie-lampkin

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Could you not do the class B/W theory test and get a work vehicles learner's permit, which you can get at 16? It doesn't specify that you must have a class B learner's permit.

I got my learner's permit when I was 17, passed 6 months later, have a full license. I got a class A (motorbike) learner's permit 6 months after this, but because my original learner's permit was still valid, I don't have to wait 6 months before I can sit the test. As it turned out I didn't go ahead with the lessons and test, but still, they don't look for any specific categories on your learner's permit.

Permabear

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dougie-lampkin

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No, it's the same physical permit. You're just adding a category onto it. If you have a class W learner's permit, and then want to get a class B learner's permit, they don't give you two physical permits. They just add the class B line onto your class W permit (it is a new physical permit here, but it's a replica of your original permit). Your first learner's permit would then have been issued before the April 4th deadline, and regardless of when you add the class B onto the permit, you wouldn't be required to comply with the new rules coming into effect on that date.

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My point here is that my class A learner's permit says that it was issued when I was 17, even though I got it when I was 18. It was also free of charge. I questioned this in the tax office, and was told this is because it's the same physical permit as my original class B learner's permit. I was also told at the time that since my learner's permit was issued over a year ago, I wasn't required to wait 6 months before sitting the full class A test.