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Should I display both N and L plates?

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  • 07-04-2015 12:26pm
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    Peej255
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭


    I just passed my test, and my partner is still learning on the car. We both drive it regularly (her under proper supervision). Do we have to display both L and N plates? Swapping them out seems impractical. And I feel like me driving on L plates gets across that I'm not a fully experienced driver as well as an N plate? Does anyone know the law on this, couldn't find it on the RSA website.
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    Alanstrainor
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    Peej255 wrote: »
    I just passed my test, and my partner is still learning on the car. We both drive it regularly (her under proper supervision). Do we have to display both L and N plates? Swapping them out seems impractical. And I feel like me driving on L plates gets across that I'm not a fully experienced driver as well as an N plate? Does anyone know the law on this, couldn't find it on the RSA website.

    You will have to swap them depending on who is driving. If you got a set of magnetic ones of the rear it might make things a little easier.


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    Pov06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Pov06


    You should swap them as drivers change but I've seen cars with both before.


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    gbob
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    Impractical or not, you're required to show L plates when a learner is driving and N when a newly qualified is driving.


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    Infracted
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    Ive seen cars with both plates around the place recently, I doubt youll have a problem until there is a crackdown on learner drivers being unaccompanied. I wonder is there a law making it illegal to have incorrect plates on your car even if the correct plates are also displayed.


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    challengemaster
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    Infracted wrote: »
    I wonder is there a law making it illegal to have incorrect plates on your car even if the correct plates are also displayed.

    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2006/en/si/0537.html#partv

    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2007/en/si/0719.html

    Nothing in the statutes about it. As long as you're displaying the correct plate whilst driving, you're not committing an offence.


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