Revealed: Tens of thousands of people have been driving in Ireland for years without ever taking test

11 comments

1. 

   lol

2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/r25pj5/til_ireland_in_1979_they_just_handed_out_driving/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/r25pj5/til_ireland_in_1979_they_just_handed_out_driving/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)

3. 

   Can’t loose licence if You don’t have one

4. “Revealed”?!? Is the author Rip Van Winkle?

5. I mean they allow the permit to be infinitely updated, so of course it’s possible?

6. The test is administered by a for-profit company, and I’m sure that has nothing to do with the number of people passing.

   /S

7. Wait until they hear about the load of licenses they just handed out in 1979.

8. 160 quid fine and two points. Might never meet a checkpoint that checks your license.

9. My Aunt has been driving on a provisional for the past 40+ years and her husband has one of the free ones issued in 1979.

   Not a single test between them!

10. My partner is an L driver and has been driving around without me for about a year or two. Not for lack of trying to get a test, but he’s been on the waiting list since the end of 2021. Rings every few weeks to ask to me put on cancellations but no joy.

    At a certain point, it’s out of his control.

11. No shit, that test is a money hole & the pass/ fail rates are sus.