Professional drivers and vehicles
Pass the SPSV Driver Entry Test
Complete Course for Ireland's Taxi, Hackney and Limousine Licence. Industry Knowledge, Area Knowledge Method, 600 Practice Questions and 4 Mock Exams
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Applying for a taxi, hackney or limousine driver licence in Ireland? You must pass the SPSV Driver Entry Test. This book teaches the Industry Knowledge rules behind the questions, shows you an Area Knowledge method for any county, then lets you practise until the real test feels familiar.
The rules come from the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 and the regulations made under it. The book explains who regulates what, how to get and keep your licence, taxis, hackneys and limousines, the national maximum fare and the meter, extras and card payments, passengers with disabilities, professional conduct, and offences, fixed payments and demerits. It is written in plain English for drivers who read English as a second language and who revise on a phone.
What is inside:
- 14 short chapters, from how the test works to exam technique
- Area Knowledge method for any county: twelve families of places, a layered map, route practice, one-way streets and an eight-week plan (the book does not teach the streets of any one county)
- 20 worked scenarios and 30 priced journeys with explained answers
- 3 appendices: fare tables, revision sheets and a plain-English word list
- 600 original practice questions, every one with the correct answer and a short explanation, including 4 mock Industry Knowledge tests of 50 questions each
Every rule is tied to its source. Where a point could not be confirmed, the book says so and tells you to check with the NTA. Fees, fares and fines change, so check the date on every figure.
All questions are original. This is an independent study guide: it is not published, endorsed or approved by the National Transport Authority, and it does not contain real test questions. This book is not affiliated with the National Transport Authority.
Method of creation: this book was written with the help of artificial intelligence tools, under the author's direction; every rule was checked against its source text and every practice question was written for this book.
What is inside
- Chapter 1. The SPSV Driver Entry Test: what it is and how it works
- Chapter 2. The SPSV industry: who regulates what, and the vehicle categories
- Chapter 3. Getting your SPSV driver licence
- Chapter 4. Keeping your licence: renewal, changes, convictions and disqualification
- Chapter 5. Identification, discs, signs and the vehicle you drive
- Chapter 6. Taxis: plying, ranks, your licensed area and refusing a fare
- Chapter 7. Hackneys, limousines, local area hackneys and dispatch operators
- Chapter 8. The national maximum fare: rates, tariffs and the meter
- Chapter 9. Extras, receipts, card payments and cash
- Chapter 10. Passengers with disabilities, assistance dogs and equality
- Chapter 11. Professional conduct, passenger behaviour and staying safe
- Chapter 12. Offences, fixed payments, fixed charges, demerits and complaints
- Chapter 13. The Area Knowledge Module: a method for any county
- Chapter 14. Exam technique and 20 worked scenarios
- Appendix 1. The 30 priced journeys
- Appendix 2. Area Knowledge study kit
- Appendix 3. Revision sheet, test-day checklist and word list
- Practice questions by topic: questions 1 to 50
- Practice questions by topic: questions 51 to 100
- Practice questions by topic: questions 101 to 150
- Practice questions by topic: questions 151 to 200
- Practice questions by topic: questions 201 to 250
- Practice questions by topic: questions 251 to 300
- Practice questions by topic: questions 301 to 350
- Practice questions by topic: questions 351 to 400
- Practice questions by topic: answers 1 to 50
- Practice questions by topic: answers 51 to 100
- Practice questions by topic: answers 101 to 150
- Practice questions by topic: answers 151 to 200
- Practice questions by topic: answers 201 to 250
- Practice questions by topic: answers 251 to 300
- Practice questions by topic: answers 301 to 350
- Practice questions by topic: answers 351 to 400
