Provisional Driving License

Before you begin to drive you must have a provisional driving license. This is a requirement by law. To get a provisional driving license you must be a minimum age of seventeen.

How to apply for a Provisional Driving License

To apply for a provisional license you must send the following to your local Motor Tax Office:

• A copy of your birth certificate as proof of your age,
• Two passport photographs
• Completed Provisional Driving License Application form (D.311)
• The License Fee

Application forms are available from your local Motor Tax Office.

If you are someone with a disability you must when applying or renewing a license report this information to the licensing authority otherwise your license will be invalid, and your car insurance will be invalid. You will also be liable for prosecution for giving false information to the licensing authority.

Your provisional license will be issued for a two year period, and you may renew this license for a further two years after it expires. You can apply for a third license once you have sat a driving test and shown proof that you failed that test. You may then be issued with two subsequent licenses.

Medical Report

If you have a disability you must have a Doctor complete a Medical Report, on form D501, stating that your disability will not affect your ability to learn to drive.

The list of medical "disabilities and diseases" are as follows:

• Alcoholism
• Any physical disability which is likely to affect your ability to drive safely
• Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, or serious disease of the blood
• Diplopia (double vision) defective binocular vision or loss of visual fields
• Encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, or hereditary diseases of the nervous system associated with progressive muscular atrophy, and general myotonic disorders
• Epilepsy, diseases of the peripheral nervous system, trauma of the central or peripheral nervous system
• Cerebrovascular diseases, lesions with damage to the spinal cord which resulted in paraplegia at any level
• Mental disturbance due to disease or trauma of, or operation upon, the central nervous system
• Severe mental retardation, psychosis, psychoneurosis or personality disorders.
• Any disease of the genito-urinary system which is likely to affect your ability to drive.

Where can I get Driving Lessons?

There are a number of driving instructors within the county who offer driving lessons using their own standard dual control car. Driving instructors within the county will also provide lessons in your vehicle.

Registered: David J Stewart

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