the motor tax office (1 Viewer)

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

mongo central

 

[love jones]

again, in leitrim, you just walk right in and don't have to wait. You're better driving the two hours there and the two hours back instead of waiting in that hellhole. Once i forgot some paper and had to go and come back. Mongo central indeed.

 

[Diddles]

I worked there for a few months in 1993. So nothing's changed then?

 

[Goff]

Less queue's in general. And peopel who complain about the queue's these days should hope they never get a jant in my time machine. 'Cos I'll bring them back to the early 90's.

Mongo Central alright though

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

i wasn't referring to the employees or qs- they were fine

more just how it's a fairly representative cross section of society

 

[ernesto]

mongo gooooood

 

[RSJ]

http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=1635

 

[magicbastarder]

serves all motorists right anyway.

 

[Wilbert]

I worked there for a few months in 1993. So nothing's changed then?

Apart from one less mongo since you left? No!
IN YOUR FACE, DIDDLES!







only joking. please don't hunt me down and kill me.

 

[Jim Daniels]

I was there this morning and the queues moved really quickly.

I was renewing my prov driving licence which expires on 31 March.
They took my current one as part of the process and it will take ten working days to issue me a new one.

Anybody know if I am I legally allow to drive without one in the meantime (all I have is a receipt that I have applied for a 2nd one)?

 

[RSJ]

As long as you keep the receipt on you, you're grand.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

when driving you have to swerve from side to side to let other motorists know that you're in between licences

 

[Goff]

AFAIK, you're not allowed to drive without one.

However, it'd be some bollix of a Guard that would prosecute if you had the receipt. And they'd probably just make you bring your particulars up within the eleven (is it eleven) days?

If you had them, a judge would probably let you away with it.

Someone please prove me wrong. I know many people in the same boat.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

how many people?

give me an exact figure

 

[Goff]

2.

Now answer the Goddamn question, 'Munch!

 

[RSJ]

When i was getting the licence, the lady behind the counter handed me the slip thing and said "if you get asked to produce your licence between now and getting your new one in the post, just show them the receipt and you'll be fine".

 

[Jim Daniels]

when driving you have to swerve from side to side to let other motorists know that you're in between licences

I do that anyway..

Hence the elusive full licence...

 

[therealjohnny]

Anybody know if I am I legally allow to drive without one in the meantime (all I have is a receipt that I have applied for a 2nd one)?

Probably not but..this is Ireland, sure who's going to stop you?

While I was waiting for my tax to come through I had a print out of my emails to the motor tax people which explained the delay

I was stopped at a checkpoint and the garda took my word for it

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

i was the victim of police harassment last week

apparantly it's illegal to go through red lights!

i'm far too charming to bother fining or giving penalty points to

 

[Goff]

I assume the same applies for Road Tax?

The thing is, I'm pretty sure that when they changed the law to force you to have your licence on you at all times (wonder how many people have lost theirs as a result - Score! More income for the council....), then a receipt was of no use.

Still, what cop in their right mind would risk the wrath of the local magistrate for something so petty?

(Don't answer that...there's rakes of them).