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Takeaway delivery driver job

  • 20-10-2019 12:17am
    #1
    Joker2019
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 114 ✭✭


    Hi all I'm in college and I need a part time job. I see a number of takeaways in my area are looking for drivers to do deliveries. I have a full driving licence but only recently passed my test so I need to use N plates. Could I apply for one of these jobs if I use N plates or will they take on someone without much experience driving. I like driving and find it fairly easy would definitely prefer it to stacking shelves or working on the tills in a shop for example.


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  • #2
    Uncle Charlie
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 200 ✭✭Uncle Charlie


    Joker2019 wrote: »
    Hi all I'm in college and I need a part time job. I see a number of takeaways in my area are looking for drivers to do deliveries. I have a full driving licence but only recently passed my test so I need to use N plates. Could I apply for one of these jobs if I use N plates or will they take on someone without much experience driving. I like driving and find it fairly easy would definitely prefer it to stacking shelves or working on the tills in a shop for example.


    Its not worth doing a lot of places pay less than minimum wage and expect you to make your money from tips.


  • #3
    BDI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭BDI


    What are you in college for?


  • #4
    diceyreilly
    Registered Users Posts: 1,131 ✭✭✭diceyreilly


    They won’t give a ****e when you passed your test once you passed it.


  • #5
    diceyreilly
    Registered Users Posts: 1,131 ✭✭✭diceyreilly


    They won’t give a ****e when you passed your test once you passed it.


  • #6
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    I did this for a while before N plates came in. I was on a standard insurance policy.
    Can anyone confirm I would have been screwed if I was in an accident while working with only a social, domestic & pleasure insurance policy?
    If true be sure to take it into consideration.


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  • #7
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    sugarman wrote: »
    Literally posted the same thing as you posted.

    Yes you would have been, you need commercial car insurance.

    Yep, figured as much and had a fair idea about it at the time too. Decided it was worth the risk but in hindsight it wasn't.


  • #8
    Joker2019
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 114 ✭✭Joker2019


    Uncle Charlie wrote: »
    Its not worth doing a lot of places pay less than minimum wage and expect you to make your money from tips.

    It's not really about pay so much more about gaining work experience but pay would be an added bonus


  • #9
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    tuxy wrote: »
    I did this for a while before N plates came in. I was on a standard insurance policy.
    Can anyone confirm I would have been screwed if I was in an accident while working with only a social, domestic & pleasure insurance policy?
    If true be sure to take it into consideration.

    Not only that, but if you get pulled in by the Gardai, they could take your car from off of you.


  • #10
    Joker2019
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 114 ✭✭Joker2019


    Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »
    Not only that, but if you get pulled in by the Gardai, they could take your car from off of you.

    Would the chances of that not be slim. Like if you just put the heated bag in the boot instead of the back seat how would they know unless they searched the car


  • #11
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »
    Not only that, but if you get pulled in by the Gardai, they could take your car from off of you.

    Actually did get pulled over and asked what I was doing.
    Was seen driving around just about every housing estate in the town by the same Garda and he wanted to know what I was doing.
    They didn't care once I explained but could have gone very differently. Also it was over 10 years ago and things have changed and I believe it's much more strict.


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  • #12
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Joker2019 wrote: »
    Would the chances of that not be slim. Like if you just put the heated bag in the boot instead of the back seat how would they know unless they searched the car

    Depends on if that guard has ambitions of getting promoted. Increased conviction numbers are very important to an ambitious guard out for promotion. And like I said you will be noticed if you are seen constantly driving around different housing estates in the same area.


  • #13
    Joker2019
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 114 ✭✭Joker2019


    sugarman wrote: »
    If you're working the same area doing multiple deliveries a night, you tend to run into the same lads at the same routine checkpoints.

    What exact crime is being committed though? Also since I'm in college would be doing it a few nights a week


  • #14
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Joker2019 wrote: »
    What exact crime is being committed though? Also since I'm in college would be doing it a few nights a week

    Insurance invalid so the crime would be driving while uninsured.


  • #15
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Long story short but if you are driving your car on your own insurance policy delivering anything, basically you are not insured. Why , because have you informed your insurance company you are now using your car in a business capacity. Honest answer you haven't therefore under the small print your insurance is VOID.


  • #16
    K.Flyer
    Registered Users Posts: 8,565 ✭✭✭K.Flyer


    Joker2019 wrote: »
    What exact crime is being committed though? Also since I'm in college would be doing it a few nights a week

    Driving with inadequate insurance.
    Last year they went after the motorbike riders doing deliveries and took a lot of them off the road.


  • #17
    Joker2019
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 114 ✭✭Joker2019


    tuxy wrote: »
    Insurance invalid so the crime would be driving while uninsured.

    Would most people doing it have the right insurance maybe but I somehow doubt it. It seems awfully unfair that the Guards would prosecute someone for the crime of trying to earn a living through driving.


  • #18
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    How many fast food delivery drivers are insured though? I don't know any that have ever had valid insurance and I don't see how you could make a profit with valid business insurance unless your employer paid for it.


  • #19
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Joker2019 wrote: »
    Would most people doing it have the right insurance maybe but I somehow doubt it. It seems awfully unfair that the Guards would prosecute someone for the crime of trying to earn a living through driving.

    True most probably aren't. But if it is illegal to make a living by other illegal activities then so is this. Truth is you will probably find a dodgy employer that will take you on with N plates and no insurance. But know the risks, not just to your self but other people you could **** over if you are involved in an accident.
    It takes ages to get paid out if hit by someone who is uninsured so that person is in real trouble if they are supporting a family and need their car for work.


  • #20
    BDI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭BDI


    tuxy wrote: »
    How many fast food delivery drivers are insured though? I don't know any that have ever had valid insurance and I don't see how you could make a profit with valid business insurance unless your employer paid for it.

    The ones on bicycles


  • #21
    K.Flyer
    Registered Users Posts: 8,565 ✭✭✭K.Flyer


    Joker2019 wrote: »
    Would most people doing it have the right insurance maybe but I somehow doubt it. It seems awfully unfair that the Guards would prosecute someone for the crime of trying to earn a living through driving.

    No, you're not being prosecuted for trying to earn a living through driving, you would be prosecuted for having inadequate insurance for the purpose that you are using your car for.


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  • #22
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    BDI wrote: »
    The ones on bicycles

    If only, I wish you could get reasonable bicycle insurance. The cover from cycling Ireland is not adequate.


  • #23
    Joker2019
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 114 ✭✭Joker2019


    Seems ridiculous that you need special insurance why can't you just drive with regular insurance seems like a really stupid law if you ask me.


  • #24
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Joker2019 wrote: »
    Seems ridiculous that you need special insurance why can't you just drive with regular insurance seems like a really stupid law if you ask me.

    It's not a law, it's at the discretion of the private insurance companies under what conditions they will insure you and at what cost.
    The law just states that you must have valid insurance as agreed in your policy.


  • #25
    Joker2019
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 114 ✭✭Joker2019


    tuxy wrote: »
    True most probably aren't. But if it is illegal to make a living by other illegal activities then so is this. Truth is you will probably find a dodgy employer that will take you on with N plates and no insurance. But know the risks, not just to your self but other people you could **** over if you are involved in an accident.
    It takes ages to get paid out if hit by someone who is uninsured so that person is in real trouble if they are supporting a family and need their car for work.

    How could an insurance company prove that you were doing deliveries?


  • #26
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Joker2019 wrote: »
    How could an insurance company prove that you were doing deliveries?

    It's fairly obvious, do you think what a guard has observed would be dismissed in court over your word. All that food with different recipes and bags for keeping it warm was for yourself? Your employer won't lie to the guards about you working either and will just say he was unaware that you did not take out the correct insurance.


  • #27
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,638 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »
    Not only that, but if you get pulled in by the filth, they could take your car from off of you.

    Genuinely embarrassed for you.


  • #28
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users Posts: 81,111 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    Anyone you hit will be covered, the danger is by saying you are driving your car privately and not commercially your insurer will invalidate you insurance and sue you for any payouts they have to do on your behalf.


  • #29
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    andekwarhola wrote: »
    Genuinely embarrassed for you.

    They sound British are you embarrassed because of the latest brexit developments?


  • #30
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,347 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    Joker2019 wrote: »
    Seems ridiculous that you need special insurance why can't you just drive with regular insurance seems like a really stupid law if you ask me.

    Think it through. The more you drive, the higher the risk of a claim. Why should people who just use their cars for domestic stuff pay a share of the costs of your business operation?


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  • #31
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,638 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    tuxy wrote: »
    They sound British are you embarrassed because of the latest brexit developments?

    No?


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