Help!!!

JenJ

Hi, I got pulled over in a checkpoint asked for my lisense and realised I didn't have it. Was told to produce to station within 10 days. When I got my license I noticed it's expired over 2 years! !!! I cannot believe I've been driving around with no lisense. I am so worried now don't know what to do. This is my 2nd provisional. Gaurd is fining me for no L plates and no full lisense driver ( which I understand) but what can I do about my license. I am so scared. Can anybody pls help 😓

stillalive88

First thing that comes to mind is renewing the license within the time limit, is this achievable guuys?
Anyway UP

ProudDUB

JenJ wrote: »

Hi, I got pulled over in a checkpoint asked for my lisense and realised I didn't have it. Was told to produce to station within 10 days. When I got my license I noticed it's expired over 2 years! !!! I cannot believe I've been driving around with no lisense. I am so worried now don't know what to do. This is my 2nd provisional. Gaurd is fining me for no L plates and no full lisense driver ( which I understand) but what can I do about my license. I am so scared. Can anybody pls help 😓

The only thing you can do is renew it. (You have to apply to do your test, before you can renew your second learner permit, so make sure you do that first.) Then make an appointment at your nearest NDLS centre to renew the learner permit. Or just show up very, very early in the morning before they open and ask about getting seen that day. They keep some slots open for walk in people like you, that are in a hurry.

The license takes about two weeks to arrive. It may take longer,or it may take less. There is no way of knowing if you'll have it in time. I doubt if you will, but you never know, you may get lucky. If you do get it in time, the Guard will be able to see that its issue date was after he stopped you & that you didn't have a valid license at the time. He may add that to your other charges, or he may let it go. No way of knowing really.

If you don't have it in time, you could go to the station and plead your case. But seeing as you are getting done for not having your license on you while driving, not having a valid license, driving unaccompanied and not having L plates up too, the odds of you being able to avoid hefty fines and points aren't great.

cantdecide

Personally, I'd book the NDLS appointment to renew AND get the driving test application confirmation you need (you will receive a confirmation email and you can just print it) and bring them into the station ASAP with the expired LP and the D201 filled out and plead your case.

If it doesn't fly, as above, there are walk-in slots available at the NDLS so forget the appointment you've made and go in the very next morning and get the process underway as they will also give you a confirmation too. You won't have lost that learner category until five years after it last expired so I'd just get on with sorting it out

readytosnap

If your licence was expired then your insurance won't be valid either, you have entered the proverbial sh*t storm of your own making, just explain the situation and hope for the best.

cantdecide

readytosnap wrote: »

If your licence was expired then your insurance won't be valid either, you have entered the proverbial sh*t storm of your own making, just explain the situation and hope for the best.

Insurance is usually valid as long as you've held an entitlement or not been banned etc to drive for a period of time. It's up to the OP to figure out whether they are or not currently insured but caution should obviously be exercised). It's not impossible that the OP isn't insured (so it may not be advisable for them to drive to their Garda station themselves) but as much as the OP hasn't covered themselves in glory, it isn't necessarily the case that they are uninsured. Again, the OP must verify with their insurer.

readytosnap

cantdecide wrote: »

Insurance is usually valid as long as you've held an entitlement or not been banned etc to drive for a period of time. It's up to the OP to figure out whether they are or not currently insured but caution should obviously be exercised). It's not impossible that the OP isn't insured (so it may not be advisable for them to drive to their Garda station themselves) but as much as the OP hasn't covered themselves in glory, it isn't necessarily the case that they are uninsured. Again, the OP must verify with their insurer.

You could be correct.
However I have had to send a photocopy of the front and back of my licence
(and any named drivers) every year when I renew. plus they ask for driver number ( I think they use this to establish if you have penalty points).

Craftylee

I'm fairly certain when you get insurance it's under the clause that you have a current, valid license. If that's not the case then the insurance will be void.

I'd check your documentation to see if that's the case

whomitconcerns

Op did not have a licence at any stage they had a learner permit. So insurance was invalid also. (Except for m mandatory 3rd party, etc).

Should simplify things actually, the L plates and accompanying driver are conditions of a learner permit. As op does not have one there should only be one charge, Driving without a license....not that out makes it any better for the op....

Craftylee

How you can "forget" you only have a learners permit and never took the test is beyond me.... Sounds to me like you were chancing it and now you got stung - rightly so IMO

9935452

JenJ wrote: »

Hi, I got pulled over in a checkpoint asked for my lisense and realised I didn't have it. Was told to produce to station within 10 days. When I got my license I noticed it's expired over 2 years! !!! I cannot believe I've been driving around with no lisense. I am so worried now don't know what to do. This is my 2nd provisional. Gaurd is fining me for no L plates and no full lisense driver ( which I understand) but what can I do about my license. I am so scared. Can anybody pls help 😓

At one stage i was asked to produce an insurance cert within 10 days. I said i would drop it in in an hour as i was going on holidays the next day for 2 weeks. He said there was no rush as he didnt really check for 30 days.

You have 2 options as i see it.
one is just own up and get into a lot more bother .
two is get the license sorted, show it at station and hope they dont cop on to it. Say you were asked to show your license and say nothing about when,

Another thing is stop driving