Learner license

A learner's license allows you to drive, under supervision, while you still do not have a full license. You must be at least 17 years old and resident in Gibraltar to apply for a learner's license.

If you are applying for a bike license you must have completed the CBT, if you are after a car license there is no such pre-requisite.

The fastest way to get a license is to walk into the MoT (with your ID card), fill in an application form, pay the fee and leave with a learner's license. The MoT can get quite busy, so try to go first thing in the morning or, if you are not into people or not in a rush, you can go the easy way and apply through the Gibraltar egov website; the MoT will post the learner's license to your home.

A bike learner's license is valid for 15 months and a car learner's license for 6 months - after that you will need to re-apply (and pay again!)

Get some practice

With a learner's license you can go out on learning lessons either with someone who has held the license for two years or going on lessons with a professional instructor. Get as much practice as you can, the number of lessons will depend from learner to learner, but around 20 is a good ballpark figure.

IMPORTANT: you must be insured in the vehicle you use for your learning lessons, and the insurance companies will only insure you if you have a valid (and non-expired) learner's license. If you have an accident during a learming lesson and you are not insured you will be in a heap of trouble, so don't do it.

Driving under a learner's license has some restrictions, the key ones:

• You must display L plates at the front and back of your vehicle
• You must be accompanied by someone who has held a license for at least two years
• If you are driving a car you need to have the instructor with you but no other passenger
• If you are driving a bike you can drive on your own or, if you carry a pillon driver, they must have had a license for at least two years
• There are restrictions on which areas you can drive through with a learner license, some common sense: do not drive in housing estates, schools, beaches during the summer, the inner city, etc. Those areas where if you have an accident you may endanger others.
• You can't drive to Spain!!! - the insurance will not issue you a green card either, but try explaining that at the border

While you are practicing driving around Gibraltar start studying for the theory test: you need to pass the theory before you can go on a practical examination.