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Separate bike licence

  • 18-09-2012 8:55am
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭


    Allrite lads,
    Passed my test there and was wondering if when applying for my full Licence I should send in my Learner permit and my full car one or can I send in just the learner permit and keep the car one separate.
    Just handerer keeping one in the car and one in my bike jacket I reckon.

    Would I have two different licence numbers if I did or is it linked to pps number?



    Cheers


Comments

  • #2
    daenerysstormborn3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,213 ✭✭✭daenerysstormborn3


    You can keep them separate.


  • #3
    ratracer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,306 ✭✭✭ratracer


    pixiebean22 wrote: »
    You can keep them separate.

    Are you sure about that? I didn't think you could have two separate licences. You can get a copy of your licence. While it would be handy to have two different ones to keep the penalty points separate i'm pretty sure the car licence will need to be sent in with the provisional licence and the test cert.


  • #4
    Spudmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭Spudmonkey


    ratracer wrote: »
    Are you sure about that? I didn't think you could have two separate licences. You can get a copy of your licence. While it would be handy to have two different ones to keep the penalty points separate i'm pretty sure the car licence will need to be sent in with the provisional licence and the test cert.

    You can keep them separate. Although you have to pay for the second license. It costs nothing to add the bike license to the old one.


  • #5
    P.C.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,782 ✭✭✭P.C.


    ratracer wrote: »
    pixiebean22 wrote: »
    You can keep them separate.

    Are you sure about that? I didn't think you could have two separate licences. You can get a copy of your licence. While it would be handy to have two different ones to keep the penalty points separate i'm pretty sure the car licence will need to be sent in with the provisional licence and the test cert.

    You only get one licence.
    You have one driver number, and all your driving entitlements are linked to that number.
    You are not allowed to hold two separate licences at the same time.
    Your one licence will list the categories of vehicles for which the licence is valid.


  • #6
    Wonda-Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,013 ✭✭✭✭Wonda-Boy


    You cant have two totally seperate licences that are individual from one another, but you can have two seperate copies so you can keep the bike one in your bike jacket and the car in the car, instead of chopping and changing all the time.

    Do what I did, go into the tax office say you lost your car licence and pay the €10 for a seperate one. SORTED!


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  • #7
    P.C.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,782 ✭✭✭P.C.


    Wonda-Boy wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

    Do what I did, go into the tax office say you lost your car licence and pay the €10 for a seperate one. SORTED!

    Your old 'lost' licence will then be invalid.
    Each licence has a 'stock number' on it. If you report it lost or stolen, then that licence with that 'stock number' is cancelled.
    You might get away with it on the side of the road, but if any checks are done, it will be found that the licence is invalid.


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Fook it,
    Im going to try for one with a different number :)

    sure nothing to loose


  • #9
    daenerysstormborn3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,213 ✭✭✭daenerysstormborn3


    Himself had a separate car and bike licence up to a couple of years ago. I don't know the ins and outs of the numbers etc. but it is possible. He then lost his wallet and had to have both replaced and decided to just go with one licence because he never drives the car anyway.


  • #10
    Pataman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭Pataman


    From january on we should have the new credit card licence. So there will be no excuse not to carry it


  • #11
    ratracer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,306 ✭✭✭ratracer


    urbanledge wrote: »
    Fook it,
    Im going to try for one with a different number :)

    sure nothing to loose

    Why would you need a separate licence with a separate number?


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    So I can take points separate ;)


  • #13
    blu3r0ri0n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 896 ✭✭✭blu3r0ri0n


    Make sure to take a picture/photocopy of the license before you send it off as I have heard of incidents where they have screwed up and caused allot of pain!


  • #14
    P.C.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,782 ✭✭✭P.C.


    urbanledge wrote: »
    So I can take points separate ;)


    Good luck with that.


  • #15
    prunudo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,619 ✭✭✭prunudo


    blu3r0ri0n wrote: »
    Make sure to take a picture/photocopy of the license before you send it off as I have heard of incidents where they have screwed up and caused allot of pain!

    Yep, this is a good idea. They messed my learner permit when I handed in after passing the bike test. Dates were different for the other categories. Nothing I could do as I had no proof.


  • #16
    Wonda-Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,013 ✭✭✭✭Wonda-Boy


    P.C. wrote: »
    Your old 'lost' licence will then be invalid.
    Each licence has a 'stock number' on it. If you report it lost or stolen, then that licence with that 'stock number' is cancelled.
    You might get away with it on the side of the road, but if any checks are done, it will be found that the licence is invalid.

    NO. That is not the case....

    Both are valid for the period until they EXPIRE. Then you only get one issued on the renew date, just because you have a copy of a licence does not make the other one invalid.

    It was specifically said to me when I was getting the copy that it will only last the term of the original not an extended period. Luckily I had just got the other about a year ago.


  • #17
    P.C.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,782 ✭✭✭P.C.


    Wonda-Boy wrote: »
    P.C. wrote: »
    Your old 'lost' licence will then be invalid.
    Each licence has a 'stock number' on it. If you report it lost or stolen, then that licence with that 'stock number' is cancelled.
    You might get away with it on the side of the road, but if any checks are done, it will be found that the licence is invalid.

    NO. That is not the case....

    Both are valid for the period until they EXPIRE. Then you only get one issued on the renew date, just because you have a copy of a licence does not make the other one invalid.

    It was specifically said to me when I was getting the copy that it will only last the term of the original not an extended period. Luckily I had just got the other about a year ago.

    It is the case. The 'lost' one is cancelled. The new one is indeed only valid for the same amount of time as the old one was.

    It is almost the same as a passport. You can't have two valid passports.
    If you lose one, and apply for a new one, the new one will only be valid for the same period as the old one. If you find the old one, you can't use it, as it is cancelled. You might get away with it in some places, but you could have a lot of explaining to do if you are caught out traveling on a cancelled passport.


  • #18
    P.C.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,782 ✭✭✭P.C.


    Wonda-Boy wrote: »
    NO. That is not the case....

    Both are valid for the period until they EXPIRE. Then you only get one issued on the renew date, just because you have a copy of a licence does not make the other one invalid.

    It was specifically said to me when I was getting the copy that it will only last the term of the original not an extended period. Luckily I had just got the other about a year ago.

    Did you fill out a form, or sign anything when you applied for a replacement licence?


  • #19
    skapegoat
    Registered Users Posts: 328 ✭✭skapegoat


    Just remember that your restriction does not start to count down until your licence is processed!

    It does not count down from the date of the test. So if you wait 3months to process it you will be restricted for those 3 months plus the restricted 2years!

    So get it sorted ASAP.


  • #20
    LookBehindYou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 994 ✭✭✭LookBehindYou


    skapegoat wrote: »
    Just remember that your restriction does not start to count down until your licence is processed!

    It does not count down from the date of the test. So if you wait 3months to process it you will be restricted for those 3 months plus the restricted 2years!

    So get it sorted ASAP.

    Countdown starts from the time you apply for your full A lic in the motor tax office. It will be dated from that day. You may not recieve it that day because it takes time to process it.


  • #21
    prunudo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,619 ✭✭✭prunudo


    LookBehindYou wrote: »
    skapegoat wrote: »
    Just remember that your restriction does not start to count down until your licence is processed!

    It does not count down from the date of the test. So if you wait 3months to process it you will be restricted for those 3 months plus the restricted 2years!

    So get it sorted ASAP.

    Countdown starts from the time you apply for your full A lic in the motor tax office. It will be dated from that day. You may not recieve it that day because it takes time to process it.

    Not in Wicklow tax office it doesn't anyway. It was dated from the day they processed it, nearly 2weeks after the date that I had been in with them!!


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