raymb6 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 well lads iam trying to do a bit of a fiddle a friend of mine got caught drink driving only just over lost the cops never took their licence just said that there on a 3 year ban but I was just wondering would it be possible to change the irish licence to uk one and then the cops cant say anything because it will be a different licence so they be able to drive away iam sure there is a way around this to cheat the system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTEye Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Dont think there will be a way round it and he would be committing insurance fraud as well by not declaring being banned for drink driving. Is that his 2nd drink driving conviction? A 3 year ban seems steep for being just over the limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymb6 Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 nope that's irish law for u they don't take to kindly to drink driving I not too sure because a friend of my cousin crashed a off rd bike killed his friend on the back and another motorcyclist that was fully licenced and insured he was p**sed bike wasn't rd worthy and he had no licence tax or insurance he got a 20 year ban off the road so he moved to oz changed his irish licence to oz one lived over there for 3 years came back here law pulled him over told him he wasn't supposed to be driving he showed them his oz licence and they couldn't do anything only let him drive off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTEye Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 A guy i work with got done for drink driving when he lived in Ireland and got his uk license taken off him and he can't drive in uk. i personally wouldnt be helping anybody dodge a drink driving ban, like Tom says do the crime do the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noodels Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 european licence means just that.>>>=Banned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymb6 Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 yea fair play lads that's true I suppose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feck_on_a_stick Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I can't believe the initial intentions of this thread but I'll leave it at that You have to be a permanent resident in the UK for at least 185 days before you can exchange an Irish licence for a UK driving licence. Also as already mentioned any motor convictions would need to be declared when obtaining insurance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAVEMB2 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 A guy i work with got done for drink driving when he lived in Ireland and got his uk license taken off him and he can't drive in uk. i personally wouldnt be helping anybody dodge a drink driving ban, like Tom says do the crime do the time.X2 that's all I am going to say makes me mad should not drink and drive FULL STOP and helping to dodge a ban that's just xxxxxx xxxxx not on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiNK43 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Have to concur with the above!! People get banned to teach them a lesson hoping that they won't do it again.Drink driving is bang out of order. If ya wanna have a drink get a push bike. Or stay home it's cheaper. Then spend your beer money on some cheap eBay car mods! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTEye Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Charge is drunk in charge of a bicycle isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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