driving while banned

[gibbsno3]

Im banned from driving !!!! Is there a way of obtaining a driving licence from a different country,which will allow to drive legally in this country???????

[garythecat]

Are you joking?!! I think you might find that would invalidate your insurance (assuming you have insurance) and you would probably just end up getting in more trouble if you were to get caught.

[dzug]

If you went to a foreign country, took their driving test and passed you would get a foreign licence. (You might have to prove you were a resident to get it though, and could have language difficulties in their theory test...)

But you still wouldn't be able to drive legally in this country - you are banned from driving here. Having another licence makes no difference to that, you are still banned.

[daftpixie]

there is a reason why a court has banned you from driving. you committed an offence and this is a punishment! take it on the chin and accept you cannot drive for however long, as hard as it is, and beleive me Im speaking from experience. Dont go looking for ways round it!

[RATTER15]

Lets hope not!!

[dyli795]

NO , Because you are still you. Coinsidentaly the reason you were banned in the first place is because you are who you are. A butty short of a picknick!

[dyli795]

I just can't believe that thaught hasn't occured to you!

[joko]

it is YOU that is banned, not the piece of paper/card the licence is printed on

[Grunty]

There is a solution to your problem. S** off to a country where you can drive.

[JudgeJ]

This issue has been raised many times in various ways on AB in the past. The most recent was when somebody called �Caprice� (whoever she might be) was disqualified in Britain but was seen driving in Spain shortly afterwards.

It is quite straightforward. When you are disqualified from driving by a court in Britain you are not permitted to drive any motor vehicle on any public road or in any public place in Britain. This is regardless of whether you hold or manage to obtain a licence issued in another country, or if you manage to obtain a British licence by misrepresentation. The disqualification is a court order placed upon a specific individual. It cannot be overridden by a document issued by another administration or by one issued in Britain under false pretences.

Similarly, the ban does not extend abroad (yet). If you hold a foreign driving licence you may drive in other countries where its validity is accepted. (This is provided that the country does not have legislation which prevents drivers disqualified in other countries from driving on their roads, and few if any do). This is how Caprice managed to drive in Spain as, apparently, she holds a Spanish licence.

Simply put, the disqualifications bans you from driving. It has nothing to do with whether you hold or are able to obtain a licence.

[Whickerman]

Surely someone as moronic as you should be deprived of a licence purely on (lack of) intelligence grounds?

[Gmcd01]

Hey come one peeps, you're all being a bit harsh! Although I agree that it probably isn't for the best that you have a licence, I kinda half admire your deviousness...even if it flawed!