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Test next week on my first provisional

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  • 24-01-2008 4:16pm
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    Bonbon12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭


    I've my driving test next week and I'm on my first provisional.

    When going to the test do I need to have a fully licensed driver with me? As in can the tester ask me how I got myself and the car to the test centre, I say I drove on my own and they fail me on the spot?


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    The Hacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 61 ✭✭The Hacker


    No you'll be grand they don't care lol!


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    chris85
    Registered Users Posts: 4,502 ✭✭✭chris85


    Bonbon12 wrote: »
    I've my driving test next week and I'm on my first provisional.

    When going to the test do I need to have a fully licensed driver with me? As in can the tester ask me how I got myself and the car to the test centre, I say I drove on my own and they fail me on the spot?


    Tester will not ask that and is none of his business how you got there. Your test starts when he calls you from the waiting room.

    Just make sure the car is insured, taxed and everything is working on it and the tyres are legal :rolleyes:


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    Spud83
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    Na they dont care. Its not their job to enforce the law, only to assess your ability as a driver.


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    tolosenc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,889 ✭✭✭tolosenc


    If they do ask: Your mam dropped you and went for a coffee. If that's a feasible excuse...


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    jhegarty
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    They don't care how you got there , or how you got home if you fail...


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    Bonbon12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭Bonbon12


    Great, thanks guys.


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    stardust_dublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 100 ✭✭stardust_dublin


    I know a guy who went to his test centre and only put his L plates on when he got there. The tester saw him and rang the guards. guards came down and fined him for driving with no L plates. I know that has nothing to do with having a fully licensed driver beside you, but it just shows that there are some tester <SNIP> out there who do care about the law and will do whatever they can to get you in trouble.


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    Stark
    Registered Users Posts: 20,991 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    Yay for idiot tax \o/


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    tolosenc
    Registered Users Posts: 6,889 ✭✭✭tolosenc


    Stark wrote: »
    Yay for idiot tax \o/

    +1


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


    stardust_dublin wrote: »
    I know a guy who went to his test centre and only put his L plates on when he got there. The tester saw him and rang the guards. guards came down and fined him for driving with no L plates
    That just sounds like one of the many learning to drive urban myths. I personally, don't believe a word of it.
    stardust_dublin wrote:
    and will do whatever they can to get you in trouble.
    Even if it were true, wouldn't it be the learner driver who got themselves into trouble?


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    L1011
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    That just sounds like one of the many learning to drive urban myths. I personally, don't believe a word of it.

    The least believable part is the guards actually attending a call for that. They honestly do not care (under the current/holding on to dear life by that extension till June) rules wheter a driver is accompanied, L plated or not.

    The tester would have obviously refused the test as the car didn't meet the requirements, and MAY (highly unlikely have called the guards but the chance of them attending for it is virtually nil.


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    stardust_dublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 100 ✭✭stardust_dublin


    yeah it does sound highly unlikely... but in this particular test centre 2 male testers work there who are known to be unfriendly and unhelpful, and obviously not happy in their jobs. whether you believe it or not, it did happen. highly unlikely it would happen anywhere else though.

    and yeah, it would be the learner who got himself into trouble. turning up for your test with no L plates on is just plain stupid anyway..


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