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Driving in UK with Irish learner's permit

  • 11-12-2016 12:40pm
    #1
    leah7865
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi Folks,
    I hold learner's permit which will expire in Jan 2018. I have to visit UK for training from work. will stay there for a while. am I allowed to drive there on my Irish learner's permit?


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  • #2
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,235 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    As you do not hold a valid drivers licence, no.
    If you drove you would probably also be invalidating any insurance policy so he polis there would throw the book at you.


  • #3
    Oliver Beetroot
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 49 ✭Oliver Beetroot


    OP, do you drive unaccompanied by a licenced non-Novice driver in Ireland?


  • #4
    theteal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    This is a joke, right?


  • #5
    dev100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭dev100


    leah7865 wrote:
    Hi Folks, I hold learner's permit which will expire in Jan 2018. I have to visit UK for training from work. will stay there for a while. am I allowed to drive there on my Irish learner's permit?

    If you intend to hire a car then you will need a full license


  • #6
    Limbo123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 364 ✭✭Limbo123


    If you drive anywhere in UK on a provisional licence without a fully licensed person in passenger seat, prepare for serious trouble. It is not like Ireland- you will NOT get waved on at a checkpoint!


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  • #7
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,632 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    leah7865 wrote: »
    Hi Folks,
    I hold learner's permit which will expire in Jan 2018. I have to visit UK for training from work. will stay there for a while. am I allowed to drive there on my Irish learner's permit?

    Absolutely not; the learner's permit has no authority outside ireland (26 counties).


  • #8
    boardsuser1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭boardsuser1


    You are not allowed under any circumstances to drive outside the Republic Of Ireland with a Learner Permit.

    It is not a licence.

    If you do take the chance and drive over in the UK, then expect to have your car seized under section 165 of the road traffic act.

    The cops in the UK don't take any sh1te.

    http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/section/165


  • #9
    corks finest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,749 ✭✭✭corks finest


    leah7865 wrote: »
    Hi Folks,
    I hold learner's permit which will expire in Jan 2018. I have to visit UK for training from work. will stay there for a while. am I allowed to drive there on my Irish learner's permit?
    No, having spent ,20 plus yrs in the n of Ireland,its a definite no ,no ,only here in this banana republic,sre learners left loose on their own


  • #10
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,235 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    corks finest wrote: »
    No, having spent ,20 plus yrs in the n of Ireland,its a definite no ,no ,only here in this banana republic,sre learners left loose on their own
    Learners (excluding bikers on A1, A2, A, or AM permits) are not let loose on their own here!


  • #11
    boardsuser1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭boardsuser1


    kbannon wrote: »
    Learners (excluding bikers on A1, A2, A, or AM permits) are not let loose on their own here!

    Next you'll have to carry a pillion passenger with a full licence. :rolleyes:


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  • #12
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,235 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    KC161 wrote: »
    Next you'll have to carry a pillion passenger with a full licence. :rolleyes:
    I'm not sure what you're suggesting here. Are you saying that it's a bad thing for learners to be accompanied by a licenced driver to help show them how to drive?


  • #13
    boardsuser1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,196 ✭✭✭boardsuser1


    kbannon wrote: »
    I'm not sure what you're suggesting here. Are you saying that it's a bad thing for learners to be accompanied by a licenced driver to help show them how to drive?

    No no,i'm encouraging it in fact. I don't approve of anyone driving alone on a learner permit. the Government will most likely seek to do what I highlighted next is what I was suggesting even though it is currently against the T&C's of a bikers insurance to carry a pillion passenger.

    I done it years ago and Gardaí never said a word when stopping me at check points. didn't mean I was right though,


  • #14
    corks finest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,749 ✭✭✭corks finest


    kbannon wrote: »
    Learners (excluding bikers on A1, A2, A, or AM permits) are not let loose on their own here!

    Obviously they are,as law is not being enforced


  • #15
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,235 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    KC161 wrote: »
    I done it years ago and Gardaí never said a word when stopping me at check points. didn't mean I was right though,

    I did it years ago too whilst on a provisional.
    In hindsight, I shouldn't have been allowed to as I agree it was a crazy situation.

    I often travelled to NI though and had been stopped umpteen times by the RUC. Strangely, there was never any issues and allowed to drive on!


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