Driving In Poland ( scooters )

benszymanski:

Given that you don't go to school in Poland I don't see how you would be able to get a "karta motorowerowa" so I think that you are going to be stuck until you are 16 and can do your licence in the UK. Unless anybody here knows a way around this....?

CloudiaThreads: 1 Posts: 3 Joined: Aug 28, 09	Aug 28, 09, 20:22 / #
I live in the UK but i go on holiday to Poland quite alot ( my mum is Polish ) and i heard that from the age of 13 ( i am currently 14 ) you can drive a 100cc scooter and when your 16 a larger one , so i was wondering if someone knew how long driving lessons for the 100cc scooter would be. I wouldnt be able to spend more than a week in poland at one time so if you could please tell me the fastest way to get the liscence. Thankyou Answers can be in polish :) Cloudia

cjjThreads: 2 Posts: 239 Joined: Sep 28, 07	Aug 28, 09, 20:42 / #
it will probably take you longer to get the licence than to die on the roads afterwards. I've seen the way cars treat them - I pass the road-side memorials every day.

CloudiaThreads: 1 Posts: 3 Joined: Aug 28, 09	Aug 28, 09, 21:03 / #
excuse me?

cjjThreads: 2 Posts: 239 Joined: Sep 28, 07	Edited by: cjj Aug 29, 09, 14:04 / #
You know Poland - you've been there. The drivers are crazy and drive too fast, the roads are full of pot-holes/broken edges, there are a lot of container trucks barrelling along on what feel like B roads from the UK ... and into the mix you have a scooter puttering along on something that goes 40 km/h at max. If it's city driving /shrug/ at least you have more chance of survival -- but on the country roads (my experience is from round Gdansk) it's not unusual to hit pot-holes that a car bounces through (or swerves past) but which leave a scooter rider with little choice between the middle of the road and the ditch. Plus, the long lines of vehicles that build up behind these putters -- the drivers do crazy things to get past ... I know I sound rude - but the whole idea scares the **** out of me. It seems much better to wait until you can get a motorbike with a decent engine and have your own place on the road. A young boy was killed a few weeks ago near here - car didn't quite get finished overtaking him before it had to swerve back towards the kerb to miss the oncoming vehicle ... the driver just didn't choose to hit his metal box off the other one and instead chose to bounce off an unprotected body. fwiw the actual test is quite simple though I've no idea about the bureaucracy to take it as a non-resident. /cjj

ShawnHThreads: 9 Posts: 3,056 Joined: Jul 2, 09	Aug 29, 09, 14:06 / #
Cloudia: excuse me? I think cjj is suggesting you not ride your scooter on Polish roads, as they can be quite dangerous at times.

benszymanskiThreads: 9 Posts: 510 Joined: Feb 29, 08	Aug 29, 09, 14:19 / #
Cloudia: from the age of 13 ( i am currently 14 ) you can drive a 100cc scooter You can ride a 50cc scooter (not 100cc) from the age of 13 as long as you have got permission from your school: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karta_motorowerowa Given that you don't go to school in Poland I don't see how you would be able to get a "karta motorowerowa" so I think that you are going to be stuck until you are 16 and can do your licence in the UK. Unless anybody here knows a way around this....?

Grzegorz_Threads: 81 Posts: 6,213 Joined: Nov 16, 06	Aug 29, 09, 15:05 / #
benszymanski: as long as you have got permission from your school: Nothing really would happen If she drove without It but I agree that It's just too dangerous.

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 [Suspended]	Aug 29, 09, 17:10 / #
benszymanski: Given that you don't go to school in Poland I don't see how you would be able to get a "karta motorowerowa" so I think that you are going to be stuck until you are 16 and can do your licence in the UK. Unless anybody here knows a way around this....? I can't see any way round it - the UK wouldn't recognise the "karta motorowerowa" as it's not a full EU licence. Exactly the same as Poland won't recognise UK provisional licences.

CloudiaThreads: 1 Posts: 3 Joined: Aug 28, 09	Sep 3, 09, 22:28 / #
Ok Thankyou :)

CloudiaThreads: 1 Posts: 3 Joined: Aug 28, 09	Sep 8, 09, 18:00 / #
Its Cloudia You dont have to train for the karta moterowa in school you can also take lesson you dont need to live in Poland to have the liscense :)

delphiandomineThreads: 42 Posts: 9,954 Joined: Nov 25, 08 [Suspended]	Sep 8, 09, 18:02 / #
Cloudia: You dont have to train for the karta moterowa in school you can also take lesson you dont need to live in Poland to have the liscense :) It won't be valid outside of Poland, as it's not a full driving licence and is utterly useless outside of the borders.

SzwedwPolsceThreads: 13 Posts: 1,915 Joined: Feb 21, 09	Sep 8, 09, 18:21 / #
cjj: it will probably take you longer to get the licence than to die on the roads afterwards. I've seen the way cars treat them - I pass the road-side memorials every day. And how do scooter-drivers in Poland drive? Seriously.