trike rules

potatoe head · 03-12-2021 11:49pm #1

Hi , just wondering if full Irish car driving licence will cover me to ride trike in ireland and in UK , past test in 2001

Mjolnir · 05-12-2021 10:59pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058221121/trike-rules

Is there a stat code on your licence beside the A class?

potatoe head · 06-12-2021 5:30pm

no what does this mean

GBX · 06-12-2021 5:59pm

On your license & the back of your newer card type shows what you are licensed to ride. Check it.

Mjolnir · 06-12-2021 6:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118279046#Comment_118279046

You're not entitled to ride a trike

potatoe head · 06-12-2021 9:52pm

what about the grandfather rights

Del2005 · 06-12-2021 10:35pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118280648#Comment_118280648

What grandfather rights? IIRC the only vehicles you could use with a car licence where cars/vans, works vehicles and mopeds( if you got the B licence pre Oct 2006).

BTW if you are looking to get a trike the licence is the least of your problems. Getting it insured will be the difficult bit.

potatoe head · 06-12-2021 10:58pm

thought pre 2013 trikes were classed as car , so car licence covered them

Mjolnir · 06-12-2021 11:16pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118281125#Comment_118281125

If you don't have code 79.03 (iirc) you are not licenced to ride a trike, you may be entitled to it upon licence renewal.

As another member said good luck with the insurance, you'll have a great time sorting that out. It's a specialist market for bikes and smaller again for trikes. Plus you have 0 experience on one presumably.

Trikes combine the worst aspects of cars and bikes, unless you're unable to ride a bike I really can't see why anyone would want them, and that's from someone who drives a car and rides a bike.