UK driver caught speeding in my car...

cormie

MagicMarker wrote: »

Can you, or anyone else back this up?

Yeah it's true, open drive is not the same as the driver being able to drive other cars however. Open drive with most insurance companies means anyone 25-70 with a full license and the consent of the insured can drive the vehicle. Some companies require notification of who it is, some don't. As long as they meet the criteria which with some companies also means they have no serious motor convictions or 6 or more points, then they are legally covered to drive the insured vehicle.

godskitchen

CiniO wrote: »

Thing with ghost licence on which you get points is true.
But this point doesn't mean anything, until that person will swap his licence to Irish licence.

Example.
Someone with French license drives in Ireland. During 1 year he gets 6 points. They cannot be written to French licence, so they are written to ghost Irish Licence. Then if the person will swap his French licence to Irish licence, he will get fresh Irish licence with 6 points on it.

Example 2.
Someone with German licence drives in Ireland. He collects 25 points during 1 year. He never intende to change his licence to Irish one. In this case he can still drive, and collect even more points on his ghost Irish licence.

How does it work if a UK licence holder gets a ban here? Is it a ban from driving here ir a ban on an Irish licence?

Farls

MagicMarker wrote: »

Can you, or anyone else back this up?

Ring your insurance company and ask them, I haven't time at the moment to find something online about it but I have my jeep insured as open driver and I have 2 people that are over 25 and have full licences but no insurance of their own driving it without being named or anything else on my policy and my insurance company says this is fine as with open driving they are covered under my insurance.

CiniO

godskitchen wrote: »

How does it work if a UK licence holder gets a ban here? Is it a ban from driving here ir a ban on an Irish licence?

I'm not 100% certain, but AFAIK if you get ban say for drink driving in Ireland, and have licence issued in other country, then they cannot take your licence.
They might actually phisically take the document, and send it back to country of issue, but there you'll be able to pick it up.

Only what you get is ban for driving on Irish roads.
But still can get anywhere else...

Which is bit funny, because if you got caught drink driving with Irish licence in Ireland, they would take your licence, and then you would'nt be allowed to drive anywhere in EU.

Clare_Guy

craichoe wrote: »

No really poorly thought out, its pretty common, same system is in place in the Netherlands.

A quick google will show you how the Netherlands does NOT use the same system. If you're caught speeding in Holland it's practically impossible to avoid penalty.

They have, firstly, far more advanced traffic camera systems, and secondly, one of the most advanced penalty collection and offender tracking systems in the world.

So the chances of a dutch citizen avoiding penalty by nominating a foreign driver, in the first place, are practically zero and if they do manage to nominate a foreign driver, the dutch persue the penalty indefinately with the financial penalty increasing over time...

Clare_Guy

galwaytt wrote: »

Clare-Guy - take a frickin' pill. I am now speaking for a position of FACT. My car got photo'd, the notice came, c/w no plate pic - and I was nowhere near the place, so got on to them, and they posted out the full pic.

Yep, sure as rain is rain, there I...........WASN'T

However, Mrs GalwayTT most assuredly WAS, and now wears two points for the pleasure

Heh, women drivers, eh ?

I am also speaking from a position of FACT. I have seen the full picture, it's b&w, poor quality and it's impossible to make out any driver, nevermind identify the driver.

Was your pic b&w or colour?

tomasbu

CiniO wrote: »

I'm not 100% certain, but AFAIK if you get ban say for drink driving in Ireland, and have licence issued in other country, then they cannot take your licence.
They might actually phisically take the document, and send it back to country of issue, but there you'll be able to pick it up.

Only what you get is ban for driving on Irish roads.
But still can get anywhere else...

Which is bit funny, because if you got caught drink driving with Irish licence in Ireland, they would take your licence, and then you would'nt be allowed to drive anywhere in EU.

if you have license issued in another county and you are caught drunk driving, you still can keep your license, but they are 'marked' as banned somewhere in an Irish system. You can drive with it in the rest of the world with no problems, but you get into problem if you're stopped again here and Garda runs a good check on it

Kotek Besar

godskitchen wrote: »

How does it work if a UK licence holder gets a ban here? Is it a ban from driving here ir a ban on an Irish licence?

I think I read somewhere that an agreement exists between Ireland and the UK which means a ban in one country also has affect in the other.

Haven't got time to google it now, but I'm sure that's what I read.

corktina

If you are banned in Ireland, you canot drive anywhere else as ,obviously, you dont have a license. To drive abroad you and your car must be road legal here.

one2one

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Fancy trying to explain to your wife/gf who the female passenger in the photo is?

Couldn't resist!!