Driving test cancelled due to the disc strip is faded from green to blue

I assume that when the legislation was enacted, all insurers provided printed discs and the green strip was a standard colour. From the comments above, it's clear that it becomes an issue now that so many people are required to print off their own disc with varying quality of printers and ink. So the legislation needs to be looked at again. I presume the thinking behind it was to ensure a simple way of showing the disc isn't a fraud and I would have thought a simple solution for driving tests would be to ask the candidate to bring the cert with them to prove the disc is valid.

Exactly, law should be changed so only those issued by insurer are legal.

This is the most ridiculous reason to cancel a test that I’ve ever heard.

Sorry to all those who have probably waited an age for their test date and lost their money too.

I hnow it doesn't help but you can ask AVIVA to post the disc to you rather than printing it yourself.

Although the tester is right by the law it's a petty reason for refusing to do the test.

Many home printers don't have colour. I guess you've got to go to a print shop in that case.

That's very good to know. Thanks.

You could have a nicely coloured disk, but still have no insurance and there is a real question about the insurance associated with the insurance disk covering a learner doing a test.

The testing booking system should be linked to new database and validate the car generally and there should be some inspection of the detail of the policy.

The tester probably went back in and had a cup of tea and a good laugh.

Have to say that this type of carry one makes me frustrated as a fellow public servant. The real question is where are the supervisors or managers of these testers. The test requirement should be for valid insurance for the person under examination, as the window piece with the green strip only indicated the vehicle is insured for someone possibly not the person under test.

Those who have been refused a test should make a formal complaint, perhaps a flood of complaints to be answered might get this procedures revised.

I currently drive myself with a black & white version, I will not be requiring any test though, and am confident any Garda that might look at it will not have any issues, as Gardai tend to use their powers and discretion wisely.

I see a post on page 1 of this thread on about a magnetic L plate and it brought back memories of attempting to do my first test.

Horrible day p1ssing rain. Magnetic L plate stuck onto the back of my Aul fellas van at the petrol station right beside the test centre. Tip over to do the test. It gets to the walk around bit and sure a sh1t there's no longer an L plate on the back. I was sickened told the tester it's definitely on the ground in the petrol station forecourt, say to him I'll get it and be back in a couple of minutes tops I've tape in the van I'll tape it inside the back window this time.

He says to me it's unlikely he'll be able to do the test, busy schedule etc. Anyways off I go and I'm back in no time at all less than 5 mins and as I drive in the gate isn't yer man heading off in his own yoke. I wait for him and he doesn't return for about 45 minutes at which point he swans in to the test centre car park suppin a coffee from the feckin petrol station I had just been to. I just shook me head and said for f*cK sake when he still maintained he'd no time to test me.

I had the hoor again for the next test and we were done and dusted after about 15/20 mins passed no bother. Always hoped he at least felt a little bit guilty about the whole thing even though it was completely my fault for using the useless magnetic plates.

Its actually gas that this is still happening FFS.

I'm not sure how the testing system is as I did mine over 10 years ago, but I remember my brother went to do his maybe 2 years ago and him telling me you have to wait to be invited or some nonsense like that for a test.

So you wait months for a test, stressed to the T about the test, get lots of lessons in , just to be told on the day by some higher then mighty guy, "hmmm that shade of green on that disc isn't good enough , now f**k off". For most people that means they won't be working for more months.

Sure the disc doesn't prove anything about insurance. You can make your own and just stick it in the window.

Now because of this there will be even more of a back log then there was before.

Thank God I don't have to go through this stuff, but I'm dreading what it will be like when the kids are old enough to drive.

Refusing the test because of a lack of a green strip is nothing new.

I dont know why people are so surprised.

20+ years ago, tests were refused if you had the (officially printed) insurance disc folded into the holder, and the the green wasn't visible.

Not the exact same issue but my daughter did her test in my car last year. My insurance was up on the 27th June and as Aviva had sent me the new insurance a week before this date I put the new disc in the windscreen. Her test was on the 26th. He copped the start date wasn't untill the next day and refused to do the test. I explained what happened and had the current insurance cert in the glove box but wasn't interested. No point in pushing it at the time = certain fail.