Passed test - getting pink licence - questions

Zascar

I passed my test a while ago and now have to send off for my pink license. I have a driving licence with 4 points on it but I have not sent it in so none are showing on it.

I heard that you have to get both on the one license - is this true? If i just send in my bike one, will they send it back asking for my car license too?

I was thinking of doing a change of address on my car license (I have actually moved house - but mainly I use my parents address for bills etc - easier for me) and then after just send in my bike license normally - hopefully then I could have two separate licenses instead of one.

Comments?

Wossack

You can only have 1 pink license which will show all your categories

They'll know as if you look at your provisional, and your full I believe they'll show duplicate 'driver numbers'. And its this driver number they'll use to track your points/categories.

Reading between the lines it sounds like you might have made a false declaration to your insurance company, as while they dont give a **** about car NCB, points are applied to your entire license, not just the category of vehicle you were driving at the time

Steffano2002

My comments are: that's illegal. Your points should also count on your bike license.

But if you can get around that fair play!

Tomohawk

What he said!

murphaph

It's the driver number they use for points allocation. 1 person = 1 driver number.

Zascar

Ok thanks guys!

gipi

And remember that the 2 year restriction only starts from the day you get your licence, not the day you passed your test!

tbaymusicman

Im telling on you!!!prison it is haha hope you like porridge.but on a more serious note well done on getting your pinkie

Green_Martian

Zascar wrote: »

I passed my test a while ago and now have to send off for my pink license. I have a driving licence with 4 points on it but I have not sent it in so none are showing on it.

I heard that you have to get both on the one license - is this true? If i just send in my bike one, will they send it back asking for my car license too?

I was thinking of doing a change of address on my car license (I have actually moved house - but mainly I use my parents address for bills etc - easier for me) and then after just send in my bike license normally - hopefully then I could have two separate licenses instead of one.

Comments?

If you paid the fine for your points offences then they will already be on your licence cos AFAIK you are required to fill in your licence number on the offence sheet

383Ger

I did my bike test just over a year and a half ago and to get my full licence I had to submit both my bike provisional licence and my car full licence together, and a new pink licence was sent out to me in the post a few days later with all the details on this one licence, and though I had 4 points at the time it wasn't an issue with my insurers...

PCPhoto

I have 2 licences :P ..... full car licence and provisional bike licence.

383Ger

I had 2 originally also, but once you do your bike test (and pass) you will have to submit the bike provisional and be left with a new updated single licence!

PCPhoto

best of my knowledge when I renew my bike licence they'll have to give me a full licence - without doing a test !!! (I think)

I had a bike and car - provisional licence .... but when I passed the test they only changed the car one and dropped the bike (at the time it normally just transferred....many years ago) .... so when I went to get a bike last year they said to just get a provisional for the time being ..... basically the person behind the shutter agreed with me but I didnt want to go through all the hassle of sorting it out at the time.(had to get back to work)

tbaymusicman

PCPhoto wrote: »

best of my knowledge when I renew my bike licence they'll have to give me a full licence - without doing a test !!! (I think)

I had a bike and car - provisional licence .... but when I passed the test they only changed the car one and dropped the bike (at the time it normally just transferred....many years ago) .... so when I went to get a bike last year they said to just get a provisional for the time being ..... basically the person behind the shutter agreed with me but I didnt want to go through all the hassle of sorting it out at the time.(had to get back to work)

They don't give out free licenses anymore!!The last time they did that was like the 80's AFAIK

Seth Brundle

Zascar wrote: »

I passed my test a while ago and now have to send off for my pink license. I have a driving licence with 4 points on it but I have not sent it in so none are showing on it.

I heard that you have to get both on the one license - is this true? If i just send in my bike one, will they send it back asking for my car license too?

I was thinking of doing a change of address on my car license (I have actually moved house - but mainly I use my parents address for bills etc - easier for me) and then after just send in my bike license normally - hopefully then I could have two separate licenses instead of one.

Comments?

The local authority have these things with a screen which are able to tell them if a person has more than one licence, previous address, etc. I forget what they are called but they are brilliant. Apparently you can also look at boards.ie on them but I haven't seen anyone doing this.