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Applying for Full License

  • 25-08-2011 1:07pm
    #1
    ba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭


    Hey, i passed my driving test on monday. now that i have a Certificate of Competency i can finally apply for a Full License...so can i drive without L plates now?

    Will send my application to Motor Tax office today, but am worried what a Garda would say if i was stopped... cheers


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  • #2
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    ba wrote: »
    Hey, i passed my driving test on monday. now that i have a Certificate of Competency i can finally apply for a Full License...so can i drive without L plates now?

    Will send my application to Motor Tax office today, but am worried what a Garda would say if i was stopped... cheers

    Technically you are not licensed until you receive your full license and have it in your hands. A certificate of competency is not a full license, so technically L plates and accompanied driver is still required.

    That being said, I'd be thinking you'd have to meet a gard in a very foul humour to actually fine you for driving.

    And congratulations on passing the test:D


  • #3
    ba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭ba


    Cheers, will drop into my local cop shop after work and confirm with them


  • #4
    sentient_6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭sentient_6


    ba wrote: »
    Cheers, will drop into my local cop shop after work and confirm with them

    Do not. Throw them in the bin.


  • #5
    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,396 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    My brother's full licence took nearly a month to arrive after he applied for it - that's in Dundalk, had his test mid-July!

    Inform your insurance company that you've passed - they may give you a small amount of money back. They'll probably want to take a photocopy of your full licence once it arrives!


  • #6
    ba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭ba


    yeah, i spoke with a garda down at the station, he said it is fine to remove L plates etc and drive provided i carry my Certificate of Competency with me while Motor Tax office processes my application for a Full Drivers License.

    Sentient 6, can you please clarify your comment?


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  • #7
    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,396 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    I think the MTO takes the Certificate of Competency off you - but they'll give you a receipt which will state full licence application which is effectively the same thing!


  • #8
    sentient_6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭sentient_6


    ba wrote: »
    Sentient 6, can you please clarify your comment?

    Just that there was no need to go into the gards imo.


  • #9
    ba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,086 ✭✭✭ba


    sure it was on the way home Sentient 6. yeah, i have a photocopy of the CoC which i'll keep with me. could be a few days before i get a receipt could it?


  • #10
    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,396 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    ba wrote: »
    sure it was on the way home Sentient 6. yeah, i have a photocopy of the CoC which i'll keep with me. could be a few days before i get a receipt could it?

    They just handed me the receipt when I was getting mine, right there and then in the motor tax office. Keep that (and the photocopy of the CoC) in your glove compartment, and I doubt you'll have any difficulties!

    Congrats on passing, btw!


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