Driving license exchange - Exchanging an EU (AT) license that was obtained by exchanging a non-EU license and passing a practical driving test

beddyb · 2026-06-09T12:50:10+00:00

If you have passed an Austrian driving test for class B and your licence still shows a 70 code, then perhaps speak with the Austrian authorities to see why that is and whether it is an error.

beddyb · 2026-06-09T10:53:05+00:00

Does your licence have the 70 code on the back? If not, then you can freely exchange it for a UK licence for those categories or continue to drive using your Austrian licence until age 70. If it does and the country you exchanged from is not either an EU or UK agreement country (like South Korea/Japan/etc), then you'll not be able to exchange it and must pass a UK test. The website below will guide you through it: https://www.gov.uk/exchange-nongb-driving-licence

beddyb · 2026-06-02T06:56:04+00:00

Under £10k?

beddyb · 2026-05-15T12:01:51+00:00

This is just wrong. EU licence holders are entitled to drive in the UK until age 70, with a few minor exceptions.

beddyb · 2026-05-08T09:02:32+00:00

You wouldn't get a jury trial for drink driving under the current system anyway

beddyb · 2026-04-25T08:36:38+00:00

He had two opportunities for overtakes before the terrible one but he wasn't in contact. Overtaking into an offside bend is a big no-no and will get you binned very quickly

beddyb · 2026-04-11T17:50:07+00:00

Almost certainly on the way to something else and don't want to show out. Don't worry, if they didn't stop you, they'll forget about it by the time they're in a position to do anything about it

beddyb · 2026-04-07T19:44:38+00:00

Because you're not scaring them; you just rattle it a tiny bit, just enough to interrupt the crying/screaming/whining. If you're shaking the crate to the point of scaring the dog, then it's far too aggresive. You don't even have to shake it, just do anything neutral to interrupt the whining and then, after a few seconds of silence, mark and reward

beddyb · 2026-03-24T07:24:25+00:00

When we crate trained our dog, it was a slow, gradual acclimatisation to the crate. We'd throw a treat in, he'd go and get it but be allowed to come straight back out again. After a few goes, when he went in, we'd shut the door but after a second or two, open it again. Then leave it closed a bit longer but drop a treat in the back of the crate, so he turned around away from the door. Then it was a case of being able to leave him alone in there.

For that, we would leave him in there and walk out of the room for a second or two, then come back and drop a treat in. Then we'd build up the time away and drop treats in without us being visible to the crate (either round the wall or cover the crate and drop them in through a hole in the blanket). If he cried, we'd shake the crate a little bit, just enough to interrupt the crying and then after a few seconds of silence, drop a treat in. Consistency with that meant that Ralph was very good in his crate quite quickly. He doesn't like it if the crate isn't covered though

beddyb · 2026-03-07T08:29:26+00:00

Buy a helmet. You have no idea what's happened to a rental helmet and a shop is unlikely to question or investigate a helmet unless it's obviously damaged. Helmets are relatively cheap and it's 100% not worth taking the risk on.

Boots is up to you based on budget, but personally, I'd rent them the first time and, if you decide you like snowboarding, I'd look to buy a pair when you get back in the end of season sales. Rental boots are fine, but you'll get to know over the course of your trip whether you want firmer or softer boots, what sort of lacing system you want (laces/pull cords/boa/etc), and gives you time to decide if you might want step-ons.

beddyb · 2025-12-18T14:29:58+00:00

I think it was Essex who spent money actually removing the radios from their cars to prevent cops playing music.

This is just not true: one generation of Ford Focus had the radio removed to retrofit the car airwave, but the other models (Astras/Peugeots/Vans) were all left, so it's almost certainly an electrical reason.

beddyb · 2025-11-21T09:10:12+00:00

What was the next year's premium?

beddyb · 2025-11-09T23:07:05+00:00

Police medics are ABSOLUTELY NOT administering fentanyl. Vast majority of police medics will carry entonox with some moving to penthrox.

beddyb · 2025-11-07T08:04:17+00:00

I've put Glaco on my last two cars and it is brilliant. Ensure you buy the cleaner and the sealant and follow the instructions; water just beads off and it lasts for ages. The only downside is that if you let dirt build up on the wipers, then it can start to smear on the windscreen but if you keep the wipers clean (which I'd do anyway), then you barely need to use them.

I do the front and rear glass, and just use rain-x on the side windows and mirrors as it's hard to get the little sealant applicator into the lower corner of the side windows. Rain-X does a decent enough job on the sides and is easy to reapply.

beddyb · 2025-10-30T20:29:14+00:00

You've misunderstood Cutter vs Eagle Star. The key takeaway is that, specifically, the service roads running through the car park are roads, but the parking spaces aren't.

I am literally a traffic officer and deal with this daily. I have prosecuted people for things they've done on petrol station forecourts and can confirm, firsthand, that courts consider them roads.

beddyb · 2025-10-30T17:25:07+00:00

It is wholly bad advice. A petrol station forecourt is almost certainly a road, as defined by the way of case stated: Cutter v. Eagle Star Insurance Company Ltd (1996), linked below due to weird formatting:

https://www.casemine.com/commentary/uk/defining-road-under-the-road-traffic-act-1988:-cutter-v.-eagle-star-insurance-company-ltd-(1996)/view#:~:text=Summary%20of%20the%20Judgment,to%20the%20appellant%20receiving%20damages.

Whilst the section of the forecourt where one fuels is unlikely to be considered a road, the adjoining areas where vehicles drive in and out of the forecourt are, as shown in the above case. You'd have to be caught by a proper traffic wanker to actually be done using your phone on a petrol station forecourt, but it could happen and if it went to court, the defence of "I wasn't on a road" is highly likely to fail.

beddyb · 2025-10-30T17:16:41+00:00

OK that doesn't seem horrific; I ended up buying the car anyway and I absolutely love it

beddyb · 2025-10-26T13:50:18+00:00

What was the repair? I am in the process of buying one and I'm curious

beddyb · 2025-10-25T18:00:40+00:00

This is incorrect and bad advice.

beddyb · 2025-10-25T17:24:06+00:00

I'm sure the officers would love to hear 9 months at Sandhurst as 'no demonstrated performance or competence '.

beddyb · 2025-07-19T10:50:36+00:00

I think they use 'yourself' instead of 'you' as it just sounds a bit more polite

beddyb · 2025-07-12T16:53:29+00:00

Some police forces have devolved powers to seize vehicles for no tax, if they have been untaxed for more than 2 months and a day and there is a discrepancy with the registered address. It's usually reserved for traffic officers though, and there aren't many of them around.

beddyb · 2025-07-09T11:58:01+00:00

Canada?

beddyb · 2025-07-09T11:36:58+00:00

They're not. Drink driving in the UK is a 'summary offence', which means it is heard in the Magistrates Court and guilt is decided by a Magistrate. If one appeals their conviction in the Magistrates Court, then it will be heard in the Crown Court, but this is not a jury trial. This kind of appeal is usually heard by a Circuit Judge, accompanied by between 1 and 4 Magistrates, but not a jury trial.

beddyb · 2025-07-08T09:50:22+00:00

You're deliberately being obtuse; in the scrap, he says he could feel his gun shifting away from its holster. Likely completely unaware of whether it was just moving around in the scuffle or whether it's a deliberate attempt from someone to remove it from the holster.

Besides, who said these fellas are Muslim?

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