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Driving straight after passing your test with a certificate??

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  • 13-05-2011 3:50pm
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    sarahxgx
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4 ✭


    I just passed my test today and want to drive to Dublin tomorrow.
    My licence will take about a week to come in the post.
    Do I have to wait for it in order to legally drive, or can I just carry around my certificate saying I passed, (which to me seems like the same thing as a licence.)
    thanks :)
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    challengemaster
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    You have to wait for the license.

    The certificate is just proof that you have passed your test, it is not a replacement for a license.


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    Permabear
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    Zapho
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    challengemaster wrote: »
    You have to wait for the license.

    The certificate is just proof that you have passed your test, it is not a replacement for a license.

    Challengemaster is 100% right here. You're not licensed to drive unless you currently possess a license. C'mon, a week isn't a long time to wait!


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    sarahxgx
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4 ✭sarahxgx


    See i have to go to mullingar to apply for a licence which is about an hour away from me, such an inconvenience. so i was going to do that next week, seeing as its the weekend and they wont be open.


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    Permabear
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    challengemaster
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    Permabear wrote: »
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    Even still, tis best practice to just sit it out and keep the L plates and accompanying driver for the week.


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    Permabear
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    **Timbuk2**
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    I used to think it was the case that once you applied for your full licence, you could drive away!

    The girl at the MTO gave me a receipt that said Full Licence Application (or something similar) and just said to keep it with you while you're driver, which I misinterpreted to mean that I could drive alone.


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    challengemaster
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    **Timbuk2** wrote: »
    I used to think it was the case that once you applied for your full licence, you could drive away!

    The girl at the MTO gave me a receipt that said Full Licence Application (or something similar) and just said to keep it with you while you're driver, which I misinterpreted to mean that I could drive alone.

    Technically no, and even still driving with the receipt/cert wouldn't be legal... but you'd really have to catch a garda on a bad day for them to do you over it.


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    **Timbuk2**
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    Yea I know now that it's illegal, it's just at the time I thought it wasn't. Or I possibly thought it might have been, but I had it in my head that they would ask you to produce the licence within 10 days to a garda station, and I assumed that I would have the licence within 10 days and thus would be ok, but of course the date of the 'incident' could be sooner than the date of issue!

    Edit: It was over a year ago now so I can't really remember if I drove much - I don't think I drove on my own in the 2 'licenceless' days, but I did get my dad to bring me onto the motorway for the first time :o


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    DazMarz
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    I was told that I should be fine with the letter the council gave me after I applied, and sure enough it was grand when I got pulled by the Gards. But then again, if you catch a Garda on a bad day, they can fling very book they can find at you and you could find yourself in a sticky spot. But it'd be so so unlucky.


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    fred252
    Registered Users Posts: 450 ✭✭fred252


    i asked the tester who passed me this question and he said it was OK to drive with the cert of completion. not that i expect him to be an authority on the law


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    Alanstrainor
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    fred252 wrote: »
    i asked the tester who passed me this question and he said it was OK to drive with the cert of completion. not that i expect him to be an authority on the law

    This was the same when I passed my test a number of years ago, however it's technically not true.

    As as been said though, you'd have to find a Gard in particularly bad form to actually enforce this rule. However there is always a risk involved.

    Apply asap is the only solution imo!


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