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with only 6 months to go, will testers go easier?

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  • 28-11-2007 10:31pm
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    fguihen
    Registered Users Posts: 669 ✭✭✭


    I believe in ireland the passrate is about 50% or thereabouts firsttime. with only 6months to go until the new driving permits come in , which will leave a lot of people in a lot of trouble ( getting to work and what not) there is a HUGE surge in the number of test applications. will the testers pass a few more folks to try to get through the huge quantities?


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,993 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    fguihen wrote: »
    only 6months to go until the new driving permits come in
    The Learner Permits were introduced on 30th October last!
    fguihen wrote:
    will the testers pass a few more folks to try to get through the huge quantities?
    If they can display that they are competent, I'm sure they will. Otherwise normal service will resume.


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    ecoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,762 ✭✭✭✭ecoli


    i believe that they will with the surge in test they not gonna look forward to people repeating they under orders from the minister to reduce waiting list as that what he promised


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    fguihen
    Registered Users Posts: 669 ✭✭✭fguihen


    its amazing that this happened in the past, when they handed out licenses without tests about 30 years ago. you would think a country wouldnt let it get that bad again, but here we are...


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    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users Posts: 24,993 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    fguihen wrote: »
    its amazing that this happened in the past, when they handed out licenses without tests about 30 years ago. you would think a country wouldnt let it get that bad again, but here we are...
    That happened in October 1979 when the waiting lists at some centres was over 2.5 years - incredible considering that there were probably one third of the vehicles on the road then than there are now.

    Those who were on their second provisional licence in (old) Category C (now Category B) and who had already applied for the test were granted a licence. It was not announced in advance for obvious reasons but a cut off date was given (about 6 months previous) and those who applications were in on that date were the lucky ones!


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    towel401
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    fguihen wrote: »
    its amazing that this happened in the past, when they handed out licenses without tests about 30 years ago. you would think a country wouldnt let it get that bad again, but here we are...

    those were the days of the fabled £5 road tax, was insurance even needed back then? no traffic jams, and even if you did have to do a test it was around 10 times easier than it is now. because the government spends so much time bringing stuff inline with other EU countries we now have all this extra costs and beaurocracy. they do all they can in this country to keep people off the roads and its only going to get worse


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    ParkRunner
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    I can't see them going easier on people taking the tests. The waiting time seems to be much shorter than it was 2 of 3 years ago so a little bit of an extra delay due to the high number of applications must have been anticipated..they were never going to enforce those new regulations immediately about provisional drivers needing an accompanying fully licenced driver. What they did want is to push people on provisional licences to apply for the test and it had the desired effect.


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    ultanmac
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    Done my test a week and a half ago...was my second time to fail. It was an SGS tester and even though I failed because of a single major fault, I found that the tester didn't go easier overall. You really just need to be properly prepared and have a little bit of luck on the day. I really don't think they will go easier.

    Also- I found that the roadsigns/rules of the road test at the start was far more comprehensive and much longer the second time. I actually found it tough where as it had been a breeze the first time.


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    Holsten
    Registered Users Posts: 4,971 ✭✭✭Holsten


    Yeah I doubt they are going easier, know of two people that failed in the past two weeks.


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    congo_90
    Registered Users Posts: 2,339 ✭✭✭congo_90


    I am still awaiting to hear from them with a test date.Applied a week before the leglislation was first announced (just in time for the surge) yet i'm sure the paper work for those poor fools having to take all these test applications was crazy the day before the leg kicked in!


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