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Under 18 license holder

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  • 14-09-2008 9:51pm
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    timmywex
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    I was thinking today....

    If your a provo license holder and only 17, and if your stopped by the guards......all the guards can do is give youa caution and maybe assign a juvinile liason office, since your under 18, the offence cant really be prosecuted all too well!

    Just thought id share my random thought with boards!


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    Devia
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    Are you forgetting about the fine?


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    NiSmO
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    Devia
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    Im fairly sure being under 18 doesn't make you immune to fines. I don't know the exact laws but ill bet that if you can't pay for it then your legal guardian will have to.


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    Wishbone Ash
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    timmywex wrote: »
    If your a provo license holder and only 17, and if your stopped by the guards......all the guards can do is give youa caution
    Since when did it become an offence for a 17 year old to have a Provisional Licence?


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    sdanseo
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Since when did it become an offence for a 17 year old to have a Provisional Licence?

    Think he means unaccompanied ;)

    OP - I've spent nearly a grand on taxis at a guess, since June. It písses me off no end to see ignorant people like yourself trying to find an excuse for breaking possibly the most publicised law in the book when I've been put to considerable expense while I waited to pass my test.

    /rant.


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    Wishbone Ash
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    sdonn_1 wrote: »
    It písses me off no end to see ignorant people like yourself trying to find an excuse for breaking possibly the most publicised law in the book when I've been put to considerable expense while I waited to pass my test
    You shouldn't jump to conclusions! The OP never said that he/she does it or intends to do it!

    OP - AFAIK there is nothing to stop the Gardai from seeking to have the culprit banned from driving.


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    timmywex
    Registered Users Posts: 2,626 ✭✭✭timmywex


    I dont intend to break it all that much, unless it means going for the 2 minute drive into town to collect the rents from a pub and bring them home, or drive the one minute to rugby training!

    They could, but it would be the juvenile courts to go through, so basically unless you are continuesly caught reoffending, on a regualar basis, they wont because that court will take ages to get to, and being it a minor offence(in the bigger picture of course), it would be the same senario as a u18 found drunk of something, slap on the wrist, dont do it again etc!


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