At €50 a pop, I'll take the synthesised version thank you very much !!!I cant believe how happy I am (maybe I should get my car NCT'd more regularly, could be the new natural prozac)
No more ridiculous than the fact that, while driving, you can undo the wrapper on a pack of cigarettes, remove the foil, take out a cigarette, light a match, light the cigarette and smoke away with impunity whereas I press the answer button on my mobile phone and hold it up to my ear while driving my automatic motor I can get 2 penalty points and a €60 fine. It's absurd imo.
You could and that's exactly the point ! No need for a separate law governing mobile phone use while driving at all imo. Existing road traffic laws should have been enough to cover the use of mobile phones while driving. There's a big difference road safety wise between answering a call while driving an automatic car versus,for example, making a call while driving a manual car or texting while driving yet the offence is that of " holding a mobile phone " so in each case you will get the same penalty points! If you are going to have a separate offence for mobile phone use while driving you might as well introduce other new driving offences for fiddling with the radio while driving , opening and eating a Mars bar or lighting a cigarette etc.
Again, a stupid law that is already covered by "undue attention" etc. Now, if a garda in a passing squad car notices you chatting while steering and then pulls you, is he paying due care and attention to his driving? What about changing radio stations? Opening manually or pressing the electric window button? I know some people who are barely capable of breathing and changing gears simultaneously. I also know people that can keep lots of hoops in the air, whistle AND breathe. Many years ago, the gardai said that listening to the radio would distract drivers. This, of course, did not include officers on their hand held gadgets. Who makes these rules?
Could someone confirm the legality of getting a date for an NCT (say for example in 5 weeks time) and then being able to drive the car in the meantime?
Is it legal to do this or can you still get fined for it? I know people will say that it was the owners responsibility to get a test sorted before their old one ran out, but most people can't do without their car for this length of time if they hadn't got a test booked.
Thanks
My situation is slightly different. I own an old car (classic?) that was in storage and have recently decided to put it back on the road, hence me not having an NCT.
I emailed the NCT booking email address over 3 weeks ago and have heard nothing since.
I think persisting with the old phone seems to be the best option rather than email or internet.
I didn't mean to imply anything in my post btw, just there has been an element of "how dare they" when it's not exactly a new system.
I suppose in your case you can keep it off the road until the NCT? Might be the best option if you have any concerns.
Mrs Box had her car tested this week and it passed with flying colours. In fact the car is even healthier than when it had it's last NCT test according to the report, despite it not having had a service since it's last test. Car heal thyself.
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