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New Irish Driving License

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  • #52
    Aodan83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭Aodan83


    Johnny Foreigner wrote: »
    Yet more control by the EU nanny super state.
    We can't even have our own driving licence now.
    Soon they will be harmonising our passports and removing the harp and Eire from them; to be replaced by EU and the stars.
    To be fair, the one we have is a forking joke.


  • #53
    Solair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭Solair


    There already is an EU ID card the national cards are basically standardised. We and the UK (despite New Labour's best efforts) opted out of it.


  • #54
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    Solair wrote: »
    It's a chip. It'll probably just have your driving license details on it. Loads of cards have chips embedded these days.
    The main reason being it makes them harder / almost impossible to copy.
    A chip that could eventually disclose information that could be used against you every time your card is scanned within the EU jurisdiction.

    There is also the strong possibility that this card will eventually become the chipped EU Identity card by stealth through the back door.


  • #55
    lastlaugh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭lastlaugh


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    A chip that could eventually disclose information that could be used against you every time your card is scanned within the EU jurisdiction.

    There is also the strong possibility that this card will eventually become the chipped EU Identity card by stealth through the back door.

    What kind of information are you so concerned about?


  • #56
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    lastlaugh wrote: »
    What kind of information are you so concerned about?
    An example would be traffic violations and public order offences recorded on your ID card license from corrupt police forces abroad.


  • #57
    h57xiucj2z946q
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,267 ✭✭✭h57xiucj2z946q


    Sarn wrote: »
    It's not the colour that's the problem, it's the size of the thing.

    That's what she said.


  • #58
    kjl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,127 ✭✭✭kjl


    dr.bollocko wrote: »
    We should have a drinking license. With penalty points. Without it you can't get served in a bar. Set off flares outside supermacs, that's three points. Punch someone in a drunken fight. 3 points. Puking in the street. 1 point. etc. You only get 12.
    You lose em enjoy your fruit based non-alcoholic beverage.

    I actually think this is a brilliant idea.


  • #59
    lastlaugh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,382 ✭✭✭lastlaugh


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    An example would be traffic violations and public order offences recorded on your ID card license from corrupt police forces abroad.

    Hmmm, I wouldn't lose any sleep worrying about what corrupt police forces abroad might read from my license all the same...


  • #60
    donkey balls
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,506 ✭✭✭donkey balls


    Under the new EU directive the new licences should be in by jan 18th next with this directive it will also mean anyone who happens to have either a bus/truck category on their licence will only get a 5 year licence.
    I wonder will people who drive for a living or have a hgv/bus category only pay half the price for the licence:rolleyes: considering it's only valid for 5 years,Also would people be happy if your personnel details were giving to a company based in the UK to manufactor the driving licence as what happens at present with people who drive bus&trucks at present.;)

    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2011/en/si/0483.html


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  • #61
    Sky King
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    dillo2k10 wrote: »
    The old one, the new one wont be here until the end of the year or start of next year.

    What the actual fuck? It's a piece of rectangular plastic! How hard can it be?




    (Cue jokes pertaining to the mechanical durability of plastic laminate)


  • #62
    Ellis Dee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭Ellis Dee


    MickySticks wrote: »
    Clearly you speak English so why the fuck do you want it in Irish as well? ----.

    Well, if even a Finnish driving licence has "Ceadúnas tiomána" on it, I suppose it's not unreasonable for those of us with some national self-respect left to expect an Irish one to have Irish on it as well. Or have we descended to a new depth of West Britishness?:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    See just above 10.01.2055 on the right:
    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iI0OkO4qfb4/TpdHo3_WhJI/AAAAAAAABD0/3_5MkI26hsw/s1600/Ajokortti2a.jpg


  • #63
    MickySticks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,177 ✭✭✭MickySticks


    Ellis Dee wrote: »
    Well, if even a Finnish driving licence has "Ceadúnas tiomána" on it, I suppose it's not unreasonable for those of us with some national self-respect left to expect an Irish one to have Irish on it as well. Or have we descended to a new depth of West Britishness?:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    See just above 10.01.2055 on the right:
    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iI0OkO4qfb4/TpdHo3_WhJI/AAAAAAAABD0/3_5MkI26hsw/s1600/Ajokortti2a.jpg
    So those of us that don't care for the Irish language have no national self respect?

    Get a grip FFS, it's a massive waste of money!


  • #64
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,945 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    kjl wrote: »
    I actually think this is a brilliant idea.

    One day when I run for govt. it'll be rejected in a sub committee meeting.


  • #65
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,508 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Sarn wrote: »
    It's not the colour that's the problem, it's the size of the thing.

    That's what she said


  • #66
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    pickarooney wrote: »
    That's what she said

    You're a credit to the Creative Writing forum.


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  • #67
    h57xiucj2z946q
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,267 ✭✭✭h57xiucj2z946q


    pickarooney wrote: »
    That's what she said


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=77356714&postcount=57

    :-(


  • #68
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,508 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Amelie Wrong Redneck wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=77356714&postcount=57

    :-(

    Damn, sorry dude. I only read page one.


  • #69
    h57xiucj2z946q
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,267 ✭✭✭h57xiucj2z946q


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Damn, sorry dude. I only read page one.

    hahah no worries.


  • #70
    Nothingbetter2d
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,037 ✭✭✭Nothingbetter2d


    readmylips wrote: »
    microchipped with all your sins and all. The gardai will probably have the necessary swipe equipment to read them by 2018...given some stations dont even have broadband !!!

    they check e mails using smoke signals


  • #71
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,624 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    All this talk about harmonising licenses I feel sorry for Prawo Jazdy.


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  • #72
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    any update on this ?

    really want a solid form of i.d that i can carry in the wallet !


  • #73
    DylanII
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,102 ✭✭✭DylanII


    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »
    any update on this ?

    really want a solid form of i.d that i can carry in the wallet !

    Its coming in January if I remember correctly.

    Edit: Yes I just checked RTE news and it says on the 19th of January.


  • #74
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    DylanII wrote: »
    Its coming in January if I remember correctly.

    Edit: Yes I just checked RTE news and it says on the 19th of January.

    followed by a six month delay due to an error no doubt ?


  • #75
    dj jarvis
    Registered Users Posts: 3,485 ✭✭✭dj jarvis


    Ellis Dee wrote: »
    This is what a Finnish one looks like. Note the expiry date - the person's 70th birthday. No need to renew it until then, unless a doctor sounds an alert.:):)

    My daughter, who lives in Dublin, uses one like that.

    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iI0OkO4qfb4/TpdHo3_WhJI/AAAAAAAABD0/3_5MkI26hsw/s1600/Ajokortti2a.jpg

    my wife has the very same one , she will never have to renew it,
    many times insurance company's and garda have said she must change it for a irish one but she just tells them to take a jump - As a European citizen she can keep it, her finnish one is a much more desirable licence to have

    she actually had to train !!! take 2 test's one day driving and one winter night time for snow driving and testing on skid pan - this also includes first aid training ,
    so why in gods name would you want to exchange it for the irish one ??


  • #76
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    Ellis Dee wrote: »
    This is what a Finnish one looks like. Note the expiry date - the person's 70th birthday. No need to renew it until then, unless a doctor sounds an alert.:):)

    My daughter, who lives in Dublin, uses one like that.

    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iI0OkO4qfb4/TpdHo3_WhJI/AAAAAAAABD0/3_5MkI26hsw/s1600/Ajokortti2a.jpg

    The UK one in theory is valid until you are 70, sneaky feckers make you update you picture every 10 years though


  • #77
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    DylanII wrote: »
    Its coming in January if I remember correctly.

    Edit: Yes I just checked RTE news and it says on the 19th of January.
    Yeah but what year?


  • #78
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    MagicMarker wrote: »
    Yeah but what year?

    January


  • #79
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    who the fug wrote: »
    The UK one in theory is valid until you are 70, sneaky feckers make you update you picture every 10 years though

    Not if you keep the old one! ;)


  • #80
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    who the fug wrote: »
    The UK one in theory is valid until you are 70, sneaky feckers make you update you picture every 10 years though

    The German licence has no expiry date and never needs updating, plus you never need to sit the test again unless you clock up too many points. So a 90 year who is not fit to drive could take to the motorway. Dangerous imo


  • #81
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,134 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Not if you keep the old one! ;)

    You might get away with it if you were Dorian Gray, or spent thousands on cosmetic surgery..


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  • #82
    who the fug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    You might get away with it if you were Dorian Gray, or spent thousands on cosmetic surgery..

    Why no picture in the old one


  • #83
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 31,118 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    jester77 wrote: »
    The German licence has no expiry date and never needs updating, plus you never need to sit the test again unless you clock up too many points. So a 90 year who is not fit to drive could take to the motorway. Dangerous imo

    in a 30 year old beemer doing 150kmh plus! :eek:


  • #84
    starlit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,348 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    Sindri wrote: »
    My driving licence is green. :confused:

    I better not have to get a new one now.

    Mine is too and I got mine recently but I don't know if the new size of the license in place in the meantime apply to learner permit holders, it apply to full license holders alright.


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