Driving other person's car home?

RedDeadMarshal

Couldn't find an answer anywhere so I might aswell ask over here. Could I drive a mate home who is drunk in their own car with me not being insured on it? Obviously car is legit and up to date and me holding a full driving license. There is everything in the windows including the insurance disc, I would just be dropping him home and leaving his car at his place. Just wondering what would happen if I got stopped at a garda checkpoint, would I get penalised for driving someones elses car without insurance cover?

Now before you all say take your own car with you and drop him home, I haven't got my own vehicle at the moment that I can use.

b_mac2

You would have to check his insurance policy for the details on that.

RedDeadMarshal

b_mac2 wrote: »

You would have to check his insurance policy for the details on that.

Don't think his insurance policy has to do anything in this case because in Ireland you're insuring the person and not the vehicle. I haven't got extended insurance policy to drive other people's cars since I'm under 25.

b_mac2

RedDeadMarshal wrote: »

Don't think his insurance policy has to do anything in this case because in Ireland you're insuring the person and not the vehicle. I haven't got extended insurance policy to drive other people's cars since I'm under 25.

There's your answer so.

tuxy

You need to be insured to drive a car on a public road. If cough it will be a court appearance, 5 points and a fine.

blackbird 49

As someone else has said you would have to check his insurance, if he has open drive and you are over 25 you would be OK, if he has only himself insured, I doubt you would be icovered, again you need to check insurance policy

punisher5112

And a ban

cml387

Unless your pal has an open driving policy (unlikely) no.

Collielover

RedDeadMarshal wrote: »

Don't think his insurance policy has to do anything in this case because in Ireland you're insuring the person and not the vehicle. I haven't got extended insurance policy to drive other people's cars since I'm under 25.

You just answered your own question there

RedDeadMarshal

So to be clear it's better to let someone drive home pissed than let someone else drop them home in their car. What's the case where they let the passenger drive the car home then or does it always get towed away?

Collielover

RedDeadMarshal wrote: »

So to be clear it's better to let someone drive home pissed than let someone else drop them home in their car. What's the case where they let the passenger drive the car home then or does it always get towed away?

No your question is about you driving your friends car - the answer to which is no you are not covered unless he has open insurance which is unlikely.

Get a bus/train/taxi if there won't be someone able to drive the car legally at the end of the night.

cml387

RedDeadMarshal wrote: »

So to be clear it's better to let someone drive home pissed than let someone else drop them home in their car. What's the case where they let the passenger drive the car home then or does it always get towed away?

Committing an offence to prevent another offence is not really the way to go.

Don't understand the towed away bit.

gctest50

punisher5112 wrote: »

And a ban

And a ball of pain if you crash into someone

nhunter100

RedDeadMarshal wrote:

So to be clear it's better to let someone drive home pissed than let someone else drop them home in their car. What's the case where they let the passenger drive the car home then or does it always get towed away?

No its not better to let someone drive pissed, you also by your own admission are under 25 and therefore not insursed to drive someone else's car. Other options are as follows get someone over 25 who has open insurance or call a taxi.

brightspark

RedDeadMarshal wrote: »

So to be clear it's better to let someone drive home pissed than let someone else drop them home in their car. What's the case where they let the passenger drive the car home then or does it always get towed away?

To be clear....Both are wrong. And the penalty for drink driving is usually greater than uninsured driving so it's not better to let the person under influence drive!

Only if the passenger has their own insurance that covers them to drive other cars or the owner has insurance that covers the passenger driving can the passenger drive instead.

You and your mate need to plan on how you get home before you go anywhere.

stanley1989

punisher5112 wrote: »

And a ban

You won't get a ban unless you were done for no insurance before

Sue Pa Key Pa

stanley1989 wrote: »

You won't get a ban unless you were done for no insurance before

Rubbish and you know it. Trolling again

tuxy

Sue Pa Key Pa wrote: »

Rubbish and you know it. Trolling again

How so? You would have to seriously piss off the judge and have multi able offences against you either on that day or from the the past for them to choose an outright ban over the mandatory 5 points.

Special Circumstances

Hurrah! Another thread with makey uppy interpretations of third party extension interchanged with open driving!

NUTLEY BOY

I. If the owner's policy has open driving that might cover you.

2. If your own motor insurance has a DOC extension that might cover you.

3. The "might" bit arises from the issue of consent. If the owner of the car is so drunk as to be incapable of authorising or delegating to you the driving of his car you could be driving without the consent of the owner.

4. As far as driving to prevent commission of a greater evil (driving by drunken owner) is concerned that defence will go nowhere.

TallGlass

Simple solution to this get your mate to add you to his policy or get your own car, insure it and get a 3rd party extentention to drive other cars, you don't even need to use it. Once it's in your name, has NCT and tax.

Stick to the rules OP, if you start to ignore playing by them, sooner or later something will happen and youll be up **** creek without a paddle. Don't get me wrong, insurance is mess in Ireland and needs to be overhauled, but you can't pick which rules you want and don't want. They all apply.