New drivers paying €2k for someone to sit the theory test for them

Atlantic Dawn

It's no wonder the standard of driving has gone to complete sh!te in this country if you have new drivers willing to pay someone €2k to sit the theory test for them.

To be clear this is the theory test, computer based, 40 questions in 45 minutes, you have to answer 35 correct to pass 😔…

https://archive.is/OweKd

tom1ie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058370596/new-drivers-paying-2k-for-someone-to-sit-the-theory-test-for-them

That’d drive ya demented.

Stallingrad

It's literally the easiest part of the test. I presume he's going to pay someone to do his test for him as well? Asshat.

hoodie6029

This is mostly done by people who don’t have the language skills to pass the test. Poor effer is probably in debt to some gangster for this fee too.

User1998

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122657233#Comment_122657233

Would English and Irish be the only two languages you can do the test in yeah?

hoodie6029

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122657258#Comment_122657258

Probably. Sadly, the literacy level with some undocumented people and people trafficked into Ireland would be quite low too even if they had English.

AMKC

That's just utterly stupid. I done the theory test 3 times, failed only once and it was still cheaper than this. Madness.

KevRossi

€2,000?

I would have done that for €500. He was robbed.

Allinall

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122657301#Comment_122657301

Why did you need to pass it twice?

User1998

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122657285#Comment_122657285

How would undocumented or trafficked people even get a license?

hoodie6029

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122657323#Comment_122657323

Very dodgilily

Raichų

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122657285#Comment_122657285

not an excuse.

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Pure unadulterated stupidity coupled with a healthy dose of fcuking laziness. Theory test is probably the most basic exam imaginable and I know plenty who would have English difficulties who had no problem passing their test. In fact, when I sat mine, I ran into a chef I worked with who was from Sri Lanka. He got 38/40!

kabakuyu

We only have the defendants word that he paid 2k,nobody knows for sure,he was looking for sympathy I reckon.

bazz26

2k? Must be the same people who built the bike shelter in Leinster House.

SteM

So he's come from Romania at some point, he's only 31 but has 7 previous convictions. A fine, upstanding member of society.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122657313#Comment_122657313

Once for motorbikes and once for cars :)

kirving

I seriously doubt he paid €2,000, the defense are likely just quoting a huge number to garner some sympathy.

Raichų

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122657345#Comment_122657345

they wouldn’t is the answer. They’d get something adjacent to a licence I’m sure but plastic card with fake details does not a licence make.

It is in the realms of Hollywood only to have a fake licence registered to ndls. There’s no point carrying around a fake licence as the Gardai can scan it with their mobility app to check its validity.

I also suspect you’ll have bigger problems being undocumented if stopped at a checkpoint than a drivers licence. Your man here could sat his theory test 35 times for the money he spent and still had some money left over to pay the €35 fee for a bloody learner permit and a few euro for L plates.

You actually couldn’t make this up.

StormForce13

Presumably our Romanian guest was able to avail of "free" legal aid - I wonder how much that cost us.

And, given his 7 previous convictions, I also wonder whether this was the 8th time that we (the Irish taxpayer) have paid for his lawyer. What a great country 🙄

KevRossi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122657313#Comment_122657313

To be sure, to be sure.

sham58107

Something dodgy with reporting here. After passing theory test you get a learner permit , not a license, that GS found in house raid, so still cannot drive without full license holder .Was this during Covid ?

I did a theory test for a D license last year and security was stricter than airport , even a hand held scanner and ID was checked at least 3 times, even though I have a full C and C1 license and work ID and national identity card .

Had a friend years ago now a high ranking Garda who did test for people ,this was before picture on license.

How did they get around ID photos in this case ?

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SteM

When my wife moved over from England 25 years ago someone in her work offered her a full driver's license for £400, he told she would even put on the system. Don't know whether he was BSing because she declined but €2000 seems ridiculous for a learners permit.

AnnieinDundrum

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122657871#Comment_122657871

Crazy… sure you just swop your UK licence for an Irish one. Unless she couldn’t drive of course.

o1s1n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122657301#Comment_122657301

If you did the test 3 times but only failed once… what was the third attempt for? 😲

SteM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122658737#Comment_122658737

She couldn't drive. At all.

Raichų

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122657703#Comment_122657703

that’s my curiosity as well the photo etc. they take one of you when you come in and are getting checked in & as you say they check and double check ID!

I say there must be some organised aspect to this with regards to test centre staff being involved. It couldn’t just be an outside operation there has to be staff in the test centres helping these people.

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122657308#Comment_122657308

You get what you pay for in this life

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122658761#Comment_122658761

Aa I posted above once for a motorbike permit and once for a B car permit.

chasm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058370596/new-drivers-paying-2k-for-someone-to-sit-the-theory-test-for-them

Fb is full of dodgy pages selling UK and Irish licences. I reported a load of pages but FB bots found no issue with them. Reported it to NDLS and RSA in the end. Judging by the comments on the posts some people believe they are dealing with official pages where others know full well that they aren't, but want a licence.