What is earliest you can start driving on your own?

clint_silver · 18-01-2019 2:21pm #1

I know you cant drive before 17 but whats the quickest way to get them on the road on their own?

do they have to be on a provisional for X amount of months?
when can they apply for a full licence? (assume they pass it for sake of discussion)
do they need a full licence for a period of time before they drive on their own?

just reading this,
http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/motoring_1/driving_tests/driving_test.html

if my interpretation is correct, you can sit the theory test when youre 15, apply for a learner permit for your 17th birthday, you have to have that for 6 months before you can get your full, can you sit the test for the full licence before that so it comes legit when youre 17 and 6 months?

Amirani · 18-01-2019 3:24pm

Pretty sure your interpretation is correct yeah. You'd need to do your 12 EDT lessons between getting the Learner Permit and passing the 6 month waiting period.

18-01-2019 3:34pm

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Dravokivich · 18-01-2019 4:06pm

There is no provisional license. Its learner permit. Can't be unaccompanied on one. Regardless of how long you've had it.

MascotDec85 · 24-01-2019 2:20am

Once you pass your test and have received the full licence in the post.

Breasty · 31-01-2019 12:13am

You can start driving immediately on your own once you have the full drivers license physically.

Dravokivich · 31-01-2019 12:25am

MascotDec85 wrote: »

Once you pass your test and have received the full licence in the post.

Hmmm... The folks who issue it disagree with that. They are very insistent on stating you have to wait until you've received the licence.

MascotDec85 · 31-01-2019 12:32am

Dravokivich wrote: »

MascotDec85 wrote: »

Once you pass your test and have received the full licence in the post.

Hmmm... The folks who issue it disagree with that. They are very insistent on stating you have to wait until you've received the licence.

Is that not what I said?

Spook_ie · 31-01-2019 12:46am

Surely if you have the certificate of competency from actually passing the test you can drive unaccompanied, and you can do that for upto 2 years, however, if you don't swap your L.Permit and Cert within that 2 years you have to resit the test.

EDIT I'm going to withdraw the above and just state how backward we are if you can't drive on a certificate of competency and L Permit,

IF you were in the UK the tester will ask if you wish for your license to be sent automatically to you (there's efficiency) and you can drive away

https://www.gov.uk/driving-test/driving-test-faults-result

If you pass your test
The examiner will:

tell you what faults you made, if any
give you a pass certificate
ask you if you want your full licence to be sent to you automatically - give the examiner your provisional licence if you want to do this
Apply for your full driving licence within 2 years of passing your test if you don’t want to get your licence automatically.

When you can start driving
You can start driving straight away when you’ve passed your test. You do not need to wait for your full licence to arrive.

Contact DVLA if your full licence hasn’t arrived 3 weeks after you applied for it.

Dravokivich · 31-01-2019 10:09am

MascotDec85 wrote: »

Is that not what I said?

Sorry, I misread as, just in the post.

What is earliest you can start driving on your own?

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