Food delivery guys on motorbikes

is being a learner rider allowed? or is noticing it allowed?

There's no restrictions on doing commercial work on a learners permit. What the are doing is riding without the correct insurance as they will need commercial insurance that covers carrying other peoples goods, I'd hazard a guess that most car delivery drivers aren't insured correctly either.

There's been a few posts by the Garda on their twitter feed of taking a few off the road, likely because of the insurance issue.

Thats classist! :D

I think that was thrown out on appeal

Carole Nash offer options to pay additional for commuting and for using your bike for work... So it seems yes, if they have the policy correctly in place then their insurance is valid for delivery work...

Depends on their insurance

The stupid thing about this pic, is the gardai removed identifying info from the pizza shops. In other words screw the driver trying to pay his bills while the shop gets off Scot-free. On signing up to a delivery you are asked do you have courier insurance and the manager nods to prompt you.

Ah, grand. You can start now. Checks done, it's your issue. See no evil, hear no evil......

I know of a refugee in tallaght, lets call him ammjo, on a learner permit, (needs a driver with him) flying around with bald tyres and laughs when you say it to him. Ballyer garda pulled him and now he has to do a test, get new tyres, etc etc.

Never mind not having Insurance, he doesn't even have/had a licence.

Another guy got a call from a pizza shop with a number in its name, to take day off. He turned up demanding to know why he had no work. The gardai were waiting for him over multiple documents/red lights/nct. You name it.

It's the ok coral out there and most people don't realise it

Sounds like standard private bike insurance you're looking at, never seen 'food' excluded on any of mine tbh, there are several types of commercial cover depending on what you plan to do, I've had commercial before on a bike(s), you could practically do anything with that bar 'speed testing' lol.

I was in a car hit by a Domino's driver - he had standard insurance IIRC, but the company has supplemental insurance to cover him when out on deliveries.

My biggest gripe with delivery drivers on scooters in Dublin is that almost every single one of them has the tax disc obscuring the reg. Gardai need to launch a campaign to seize every scooter, and fine every one of them. The only reason it's done is to obscure their identity. If I did the same in a car I'd be pulled immediately.

My nashe - fbd says

Exclusions:

Use for hiring or reward or commuting to and from any place of business or use for any purpose in connection with any business or profession.

The insurance does not cover use for racing, pacemaking, competitions, rallies, trials, speedtesting, any purpose on a racing circuit, or any form

of courier service or fast food delivery.

Use for any purpose in connection with the motor trade other than those necessitated by th