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Driving School Ireland,
Phone 071 9162311 or 087 6688797
Rules of the Road
Ireland
INDEX OF CONTENTS
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Foreword:
Introduction:
Section 1:
Before you Drive
- Categories of vehicles and minimum age for a first provisional licence
- Conditions attached to categories
- Provisional driving licence
Section 2:
Before you are a Fully licensed Driver
- To obtain a provisional licence
- Driver theory test
- Driving legally
- Tax
- Insurance
- National car test
- Conditions for provisional licence holders
- What happens when your second provisional licence expires
- Full driving licence
- Carrying a driving licence
Section 3:
Driving Test
Section 4:
Vehicle Safety
- Vehicle Safety
- Tyres
- Lights and reflectors
- Windscreens
- Mirrors
- Safety belts
- Child restraint systems
- Roof racks and roof boxes
- Vehicle registration plates
- Other safety responsibilities
Section 5:
Good driving practice
- Moving off
- Your position on the road
- Changing traffic lanes
- Overtaking
- Reversing
- U-turns
- Slowing down or stopping at the side of the road
- Towing
- Driving at night
- Using a horn
Section 6:
Traffic Signs and Road Markings
- Regulatory Signs
- Stop and Yield Signs
- One-way streets
- Road markings
- Warning signs
- Information signs
- Traffic calming signs
- Special Signs
- Bus
- Trams/Light Rail
- Rail/light rail signs
- Railway bridges signs
- Road tunnel signs
Section 7:
Traffic Lights and Signals
Section 8:
Speed Limits
- Speed Limits
- Driving safely in traffic - the two-second rule
- Speed limits
- Speed limits on roads
- Speed limits for vehicles
- Stopping distances for cars
Section 9:
Junctions and Roundabouts
Section 10:
Parking
Section 11:
Motorways and Tunnels
- Motorway and Tunnels
- General Rules
- Joining the motorway
- On the Motorway
- Leaving the Motorway
- Stopping and parking
- What to do if your vehicle breaks down
- Tunnels
Section 12:
Assisting Garda.
Section 13:
What not to do.
Section 14:
Correct behaviour at the scene of an accident.
Section 15:
Penalty points, Fixed Charges and Driving Bans
Section 16:
MotorCyclists
- Motorcyclists
- Licence
- Insurance and Tax
- Carrying passengers
- Personal protection equipment
- Riding the Motorcycle
- Ten tactics for surviving as a motorcyclist
Section 17:
Rules for cyclists
- Keeping your bicycle roadworthy
- Bicycle checklist
- Protective clothing and equipment
- Cycling safely
- Rules on cycle tracks for other road users
- Cyclists on roundabouts
Section 18:
Rules for Pedestrians
- Walking beside or along a road
- Crossing the road
- Taking care near buses or trams
- Safe crossing places
Section 19:
Respecting other road users
- Respecting other road users
- Pedestrians
- Cyclists and motorcyclists
- Cycle tracks and parking
- Animal traffic
Section 20:
Rules for Other Road Users
- Other Road Users
- Emergency services vehicles
- People using agricultural machinery
- People in charge of animals
Section 21:
Regulatory Traffic Signs
Section 22:
Warning Traffic Signs
Section 23:
Road Works Signs
Section 24:
Information Signs
Section 25:
Motorway Signs
Section 26:
Legal Instruments:
- Appendix 1: List of medical report requirements.
- Appendix 2: Laws covering road traffic and safety.
- Appendix 3: Useful websites.
- Appendix 4: Penalty points & fixed charge offences.
- Appendix 5:Representative vehicles for the driving test.
- Appendix 6: Driving Test Report Form Front.
- Appendix 5:Representative vehicles for the driving test (HTML)
