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Does anyone know how R plates work in Northern Ireland?

  • 04-08-2017 6:44am
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    troyzer
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    I just applied for a job based in Tyrone which will involve a lot of driving. I have a license in the Republic but still on N plates after getting my license in February. I just read there that apparently in Northern Ireland the equivalent of an N plate only lasts a year but it has a pretty severe speed restriction of 45mph vs the motorway limit of around 70mph.

    Does anyone know if this only applies to Northern Ireland granted licenses or all drivers? It would seriously shaft my chances if I arbitrarily had to go ridiculously slow.


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  • #2
    troyzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭troyzer


    troyzer wrote: »
    I just applied for a job based in Tyrone which will involve a lot of driving. I have a license in the Republic but still on N plates after getting my license in February. I just read there that apparently in Northern Ireland the equivalent of an N plate only lasts a year but it has a pretty severe speed restriction of 45mph vs the motorway limit of around 70mph.

    Does anyone know if this only applies to Northern Ireland granted licenses or all drivers? It would seriously shaft my chances if I arbitrarily had to go ridiculously slow.
    I just read the RSA website and they don't require license holders from other EU states to put up an N plate. I presume this is largely reciprocal across the EU, any ideas?


  • #3
    Peregrinus
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    troyzer wrote: »
    I just read the RSA website and they don't require license holders from other EU states to put up an N plate. I presume this is largely reciprocal across the EU, any ideas?
    I wouldn't presume this at all. The 'N' and 'R' plates work differently, so the two countries might well take a different attitudes to visiting drivers with the other kind of plate.

    The only authoritative answer you'll get on this, I think, is one from the horse's mouth.


  • #4
    corks finest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,748 ✭✭✭corks finest


    troyzer wrote: »
    I just applied for a job based in Tyrone which will involve a lot of driving. I have a license in the Republic but still on N plates after getting my license in February. I just read there that apparently in Northern Ireland the equivalent of an N plate only lasts a year but it has a pretty severe speed restriction of 45mph vs the motorway limit of around 70mph.

    Does anyone know if this only applies to Northern Ireland granted licenses or all drivers? It would seriously shaft my chances if I arbitrarily had to go ridiculously slow.
    No motorway driving,speed restrictions etc,or at least that's the way it was years back,when I got my license up there,back in the early 8os,so maybe I'm remembering wrong


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