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Left hand drive cars

  • 12-02-2013 3:10pm
    #1
    ThreeLineWhip
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    Are you allowed to do your test in a left hand drive?


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  • #2
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    ThreeLineWhip wrote: »
    Are you allowed to do your test in a left hand drive?

    ...what, in Norway, like ?? ;):p

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  • #3
    ThreeLineWhip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭ThreeLineWhip


    Ireland?


  • #4
    loobylou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭loobylou


    Where is the car registered?


  • #5
    Alanstrainor
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    Have seen this asked here before, and the answer was yes.


  • #6
    loobylou
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    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Have seen this asked here before, and the answer was yes.
    Not if its registered outside the state.


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  • #7
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    loobylou wrote: »
    Not if its registered outside the state.

    Then you're legally not allowed drive it, never mind sit a test in it. Moot point.


  • #8
    loobylou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭loobylou


    Off subject i know, but why would it be illegal to drive it? I see foreign registered cars on the road every day.
    The reason I mentioned it is because the OP is based in Norway and I presumed he was looking at using his own car for the test.


  • #9
    Motor-Ed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 348 ✭✭Motor-Ed


    challengemaster wrote: »
    Then you're legally not allowed drive it, never mind sit a test in it. Moot point.

    You can drive an out of state car in Ireland for a year before you must remove or re register it


  • #10
    stacexD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 587 ✭✭✭stacexD


    Motor-Ed wrote: »

    You can drive an out of state car in Ireland for a year before you must remove or re register it
    The preparing for your test booklet says it must be registered in the state.


  • #11
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    loobylou wrote: »
    Off subject i know, but why would it be illegal to drive it? I see foreign registered cars on the road every day.
    The reason I mentioned it is because the OP is based in Norway and I presumed he was looking at using his own car for the test.

    I can't remember what part of the RTA / legislation it's in atm, but it's illegal for an Irish resident to drive a foreign registered vehicle in the ROI.
    Motor-Ed wrote: »
    You can drive an out of state car in Ireland for a year before you must remove or re register it

    It aint quite that simple sunshine.
    Any imported vehicle which is owned by or registered in the name of a non-resident person is not required to be registered in Ireland subject to the following conditions:
    • The vehicle must have been acquired with all the appropriate taxes paid and these must not have been exempted or refunded in any way. The standard registration plates in use in the domestic market of a country are normally accepted as evidence of this.
    • The vehicle may not in any circumstances be driven by a State resident.
    • The vehicle may not be disposed of or hired out in the State or lent to a State resident.
    • The period of time that the vehicle is in the State does not exceed 12 months.
    • A longer period may apply where a person is on a task of definite duration in the State.

    Then you have the question as to why a non-resident would be doing their driving test in Ireland. I'll give you a hint - they wouldn't.

    Aside from that, Any vehicle brought into the country by an Irish resident, or for sale in Ireland must be VRT'd and registered within 30 days of arriving in the country.
    What is meant by "State resident" and "non-resident"?

    A "State resident" is a person whose normal residence is in the Republic of Ireland and a "non-resident" is anyone whose normal residence is outside the State. "Normal residence " means the place where a person usually lives (for at least 185 days each year) because of personal or occupational ties.

    If a person's occupational ties are in a different country from his/her personal ties, then the country of personal ties is taken as the normal residence provided the person returns there regularly.

    A person who is normally resident in the State but who lives outside the State primarily for the purpose of attending a school or university is regarded as a State resident.

    The rules regarding normal residency are in line with the EU Directives in this regard, especially Directive 83/182/EEC

    In the case where someone moves from another EU country to Ireland as a permanent resident and brings their car with them, they also must VRT/Register their car within 30 days, however they are not liable for VRT charges so long as they can prove they were a permanent resident in said EU country. They also cannot sell this car for 12 months after registering it in the state.


    So no, you can not drive a foreign registered car for a year without registering it. Unless you aren't a resident of Ireland.


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