as i said before......not so painless and simple if you loose it off your person or someone steals your car....the old system of producing it at the station worked well for years and was safe,if something is not broken why fix it?
Well, this is unfortunate, (although I am sure I seen something in the pipeline for 2015?) but the issue of using the credit-card style licences, is that the driver history (most important aspect from an insurance point of view) is that it is not listed. ie the UK one, Polish etc.
i have already said why i did that, but just to answer your comment about the" law is the law" just because something is the law it dosent mean its right or a good ida for that matter,most laws are brought in to suit a minority of people,while the majority just have put up with them.How do you know the old system worked well for years? I'm sure there would be a reduction in unnecessary admin if everyone simply carried their licence. A reduction in administration means a reduction in costs......
Clearly it makes sense to carry it while you are driving, just as it makes sense to carry a passport while you are travelling. The law is the law.
In any case you had your licence with you but preferred to keep that a secret...I'm still kinda baffled as to why you would do that....
,most laws are brought in to suit a minority of people,while the majority just have put up with them.
ok graham,let me use the topic we are on now as an example. given the option i would think that most people would prefare not to have to risk carrying an important document around on their person every day...or worse, left in their car, but someone or some group of people sat down one day and at the stroke of a pen decided that this was going to be the law.I'd be very interested in some specific examples of such laws if you don't mind going to the trouble of posting them.
ok graham,let me use the topic we are on now as an example. given the option i would think that most people would prefare not to have to risk carrying an important document around on their person every day...or worse, left in their car, but someone or some group of people sat down one day and at the stroke of a pen decided that this was going to be the law.
i would think that most people would prefare not to have to risk carrying an important document around on their person
lauren....i happened to have my licence on me that day as i was on my way to the bank to change a cheque,and intended to use my licence as ID.normally i dont risk carring it around with me.hope this cleares things up for you.But you had the licence with you???????????? And you didn't produce it??????? Were you not worried about loosing it that day or was that a 'special day' when you felt safer about it??
Why on earth would you have it on you and not give it to the Garda? Mine is left in my car all the time!
lauren....what if your car gets stolen???
The €5 fee for a duplicate licence would be the least of my worries if my car was stolen.
This seems a little OTT.
It requires one form (which can be picked up in a Motor Tax Office or Garda station) to be stamped by a member of the Gardai and then returned to the Motor Tax Office with the €5 cost and two passport photos.
Compared to what is required for setting up a bank account or getting a parking permit (two utility bills, car re-registered in the local tax office with associated inquiry form, on the local register for voting, certificate of insurance with relevant address, letter from PRTB etc.) it seems fairly painless and straight forward. IMHO.
One more thing: what are the details that you believe are on your licence that the Garda couldn't find out by putting your name and car licence number into their computer system?
i agree with SNOWBALL,it is getting boring now,i have answered all the questions as best i can so i think we will wrap it up for now,i just want to say a thankyou to all those who took the time to comment.can we put this stupid post to bed getting boring now!!!
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