Current test waiting time

feylya

Yup, random as far as I know.

Wishbone Ash

feylya wrote:

Yup, random as far as I know.

Thanks.

tuxy wrote:

it wouldn't look good if I just turned up on my own with no qualified driver beside me.

The driving instructor or the test examiner won't be concerned whether you are accompanied or not, but strictly speaking, you are obliged to be.

Hal1

Tell me its not true tallaght 59 weeks!?!. Fonthill doesn't seem to be an option yet.

Capt'n Midnight

To put Irish waiting times into perspective -

In Italy the provisional license "foglio rosa" is only valid for 6 months.

And you have three attempts to pass both the theory and practical (not three attempts on each )

http://www.patente.it/info/patenteB.htm

IL FOGLIO ROSA PUO' ESSERE RICHIESTO SOLO AL COMPIMENTO DEI 18 ANNI DI ETA'
Il foglio rosa ha validità per sei mesi dopo i quali scade e viene revocato. Inoltre lo stesso foglio rosa dà tre possibilità per superare gli esami (teoria+pratica):

mikemac

tuxy wrote:

Hey I live in Nenagh and am tempted to try doing a test in Tuam, according to that site the waiting time is low and it has a high pass rate.
I think its about a 2 hr drive and I don't mind driving there a few times to get some lessons from a local driving school beforehand.
Is there any reason why this might be a bad idea?

I did my first test in Nenagh and I've passed two tests (A & B in two different cities) so I feel I can advise you here.
First of all, Nenagh is a very tricky town to drive around and has one of the highest failure rates in the country. This is no excuse: if you fail it is nobody's fault but your own.

Do what everyone else in Nenagh does: apply to Birr also. It's only up the road and has plenty one of one-way streets which make life easy.

susanna

The 'info' on that website is terrible. According to that, Raheny has a 40 week waiting time. I called the lo-call number expecting that number to have gone down a bit, but no, 51 weeks! Its an absolute joke