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Driving test pass and driving

  • 28-07-2019 09:51AM
    #1
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭


    Can you start driving unaccompanied as soon as you pass your driving test or do you have to wait until you obtain your full licence ?


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  • #2
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,219 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Wait for licence


  • #3
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    biko wrote: »
    Wait for licence

    Yep.

    To expand, you can only drive unaccompanied when you have been issued a full driving license. The certificate of competency is just a means of applying for the full license and is not a license in itself. Hence having to wait. But it is a quick process, so hopefully you wont be waiting too long!


  • #4
    antix80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭antix80


    SCOOP 64 wrote: »
    Can you start driving unaccompanied as soon as you pass your driving test or do you have to wait until you obtain your full licence ?

    At least wait until you apply for your full licence. Then stick up N plates and you'll have the receipt from NDLS as evidence the licence is on the way.


  • #5
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    antix80 wrote: »
    At least wait until you apply for your full licence. Then stick up N plates and you'll have the receipt from NDLS as evidence the licence is on the way.


    This is what i was thinking of doing, if he passes, go in the same day and take a ticket and queue, so the receipt should cover him if unlucky enough to be stopped by guards.


  • #6
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    SCOOP 64 wrote: »
    This is what i was thinking of doing, if he passes, go in the same day and take a ticket and queue, so the receipt should cover him if unlucky enough to be stopped by guards.

    I don't believe this is technically correct. The receipt does not work as a license, as the full license has not been issued. You are only fully licensed when the full arrives in the post really.

    The reality is that the chance of a gard actually pursuing this is very low, but worth keeping in mind all the same.


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  • #7
    dsmythy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,560 ✭✭✭✭dsmythy


    SCOOP 64 wrote: »
    This is what i was thinking of doing, if he passes, go in the same day and take a ticket and queue, so the receipt should cover him if unlucky enough to be stopped by guards.

    I'm sure 98% will wave it. There's always the chance of a Garda having a bad day though.


  • #8
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    dsmythy wrote: »
    I'm sure 98% will wave it. There's always the chance of a Garda having a bad day though.

    It's not a license. Which is all that it comes down to.


  • #9
    kilianmanning
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 641 ✭✭✭kilianmanning


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    I don't believe this is technically correct. The receipt does not work as a license, as the full license has not been issued. You are only fully licensed when the full arrives in the post really.

    The reality is that the chance of a gard actually pursuing this is very low, but worth keeping in mind all the same.

    When I was applying for my licence recently the date the category was added was the date that I applied for my licence in the ndls centre.


  • #10
    Cork Trucker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,441 ✭✭✭Cork Trucker


    kilianmanning wrote: »
    When I was applying for my licence recently the date the category was added was the date that I applied for my licence in the ndls centre.

    That's always the way, strictly speaking you can't drive unaccompanied until the licence is physically in your hand, my own insurers wouldn't update their system from (then) Provisional to Full without it being produced to them.


  • #11
    MascotDec85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭MascotDec85


    kilianmanning wrote: »
    When I was applying for my licence recently the date the category was added was the date that I applied for my licence in the ndls centre.

    That may be the case but it’s retrospective.


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  • #12
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,633 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    So back in the day the pink slip may work but you were advised that it wasn't a licence but most would use their bit of leeway or cop on... Pub intended...

    You only need to meet the one that follows the law to the letter then boom....


  • #13
    diusmr8a504cvk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭diusmr8a504cvk


    dsmythy wrote: »
    I'm sure 98% will wave it. There's always the chance of a Garda having a bad day though.
    Unfortunately everyone here prefers to be anal and focus on the 2% :rolleyes:


  • #14
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,868 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    I don't think that is specifically the case. People are just being careful in the advice they give.

    When handed my certificate of competency, I was told "this is to apply for your licence, you still can't drive alone until you get your full licence in the post."
    If I answer the OP and tell them it's almost always grand, go ahead and drive away, then they meet a guard who gives them penalty points or a fine, then that's not very good advice. People are just pointing that out, so the OP can make an informed decision and is aware of the risks.


  • #15
    MascotDec85
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭MascotDec85


    Sasha Calm Shellfish wrote: »
    Unfortunately everyone here prefers to be anal and focus on the 2% :rolleyes:

    People sticking to the rules, imagine! It’ll never catch on.


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