Matty SRi
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Can you do it without a driving licence? Im currently banned, but wondering if id be able to get a track car and do track days?
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AndyCorsaSport
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When banned do you have to give your paper and card licence back? Can't remember if I had to show my licence but they don't check with dvla or anything I don't think. So could just say you got a licence and show card/paper
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Matty SRi
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Yeah they take the counterpart off you in court, and i have to send the card off in the post, which seems a bit stupid. Dont know why they didnt take both at court.
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Ojc
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No you cannot
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Fonz
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i have been to events where i have not been asked to show mine....it probably states somewhere in the declaratino i signed to say that i have a licence though
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nathy_87
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Wouldn't of thought so, no license = no insurance.
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RichR
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Originally posted by nathy_87
Wouldn't of thought so, no license = no insurance.
what about under 16s - Couldn't have a road license so how do they do it?
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Graham88
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You don't have insurance anyway on track, generally.
It's not allowed because to let someone on without a licence means they might have never sat a driving lesson in their life, yet they're allowed to drive fast on a track, I think not
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RichR
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what about if you have a race license?
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Graham88
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Then you have a licence of some sort, whether that works on general public trackdays, I'm not sure
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Graham88
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I think it's allowed actually as when I was at Oulton they had the Sax max or whatever they're called cars going round, and I'm sure they're all young?
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tom130691
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young with race licences
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RichR
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If you were allowed with a race license, then couldn't the OP apply for a race license given hsi circumstances? Obviosuly notifying the organisers as to the circumstances beforehand.
not being funny at all, just genuinely intrigued
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Graham88
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I see no reason why he can't yeah, I'm not too clued up on race licences but it would make sense
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Matty SRi
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That's what I was thinking. Wasn't sure if you had to have a race licence, and also if i would even be able to get 1 due to being banned. I've never actually heard anyone mention they need to a full driving licence to drive on track, so was intrigued if i would be able to, given my circumstances.
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Toby
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A girl i know drove at Silverstone in a mini on her 16th birthday so didnt have a license.
A race license seems a daft idea for a few reasons.
They are not cheap, they are time consuming, skepitcal wheather you can get one when banned from driving (as thats different to not owning a license)
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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Being banned isn't the same as never having obtained a licence.
Really will depend on the policies of the circuit or the organisers for the day.
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taylorboosh
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To them he has no proof he's ever had one though
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Toby
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Originally posted by john-d
To them he has no proof he's ever had one though
That's a good point though, well on the flipside, how can they prove that he had one and lost it....
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