driving in the north

gaui3d0pnbz86o

whats the story with driving in northenireland on a provisional? is one allowed,

spockety

It's a foreign country, so no.

dogz

take off ur l plates and just go, the northern piggys cant prosacute u so speed away :cool:

Seth Brundle

dogz wrote:

take off ur l plates and just go, the northern piggys cant prosacute u so speed away :cool:

@dogz - are you an idiot? - do you really believe that because you are in a different country you cannot be pros'a'cuted?

Farls

yes its illegal.

But chances of getting stopped are very slim to none...i do most my driving in the north and always get waved on by the RUC/Police. As for speeding its the same you can normally get away with a telling off if your caught *i'm not conding it* just saying, but if they decide they can put you in the cellar for a night.

Farlz

unkel

Farls wrote:

But chances of getting stopped are very slim to none...

Maybe if they haven't any reason to stop you, e.g. speeding. You must be aware that PSNI presence on main roads is way higher than Garda presence down here

Got stopped once over there for speeding. Policeman + woman were very friendly and courteous and let me away with it

John R

dogz wrote:

take off ur l plates and just go, the northern piggys cant prosacute u so speed away :cool:

Exactly the opposite is true. They can't issue a foreign driver with a fixed penalty notice or points on your licence. The ONLY action they can take is to arrest you, put you in the clink and bring you before a magistrate.

The generally prefer letting foreign drivers off with warnings as the paperwork/court time necessary for them is a deterrent. But if you are doing something particularly stupid or you act like a tit and mouth off to them or you just happen along one that doesn't like the look of you it can mean spending anything from a few hours to a whole weekend in a cell.

Seth Brundle

Actually now that I think of it I was stopped a number of times whilst on my provisional when driving up north (stopped at routine checkpoints!) but they never batted an eyelid - however this was many years ago when they had other things on their mind!

dogz

i dont think they would be bothered with provo licences from the south , sure theres enough northerners on provos and they dont care, more or less the same as here. just dont crash ur insurance wont cover u

unkel

dogz wrote:

theres enough northerners on provos

:eek: :eek:

dogz

unkel wrote:

:eek: :eek:

i c u got it :cool: lol