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Little Dog
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Canberra
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Should they be banned until P plates are attained?
L plate cars present a rolling road block on a Freeway. Some trucks and caravans are bad enough, but the sheer numbers of L plates on the F3 north of Sydney is lunatic. Before the advent of the logbook which requires a learner to rack up 50 hours of driving there was no issue, inexperienced drivers probably avoided the 110 overtaking drama. Now the freeways are teeming with these learners on long drives on the freeway to get their hours up. They go along at their top speed limit of 80kmph and traffic going by is doing 110kmph at least. Someone is going to be killed, it just needs the right adverse circumstances and it can all go to --- real fast. End of gush.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2006
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L platers shouldn't be banned, the idiot who thought up different speed limits for L platers should be.
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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so you are all for letting someone who has no proper driving experience do 110Ks? yea right! then we will get reduced speeds everywhere because of the increased road toll
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Join Date: Jul 2011
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1) Learners driving with family / friends were restricted to 80km/h and 2) When driving with an approved Instructor Learners were allowed to travel at 100km/h. Just so you know, my experience as a D/I was for 8 years and this followed a career as an Ambulance Officer of 15 years. During this time I never saw an accident caused by a Learner driver travelling too slow.
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: South Aus
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I'm on my greens and can only do 100 and it's still scary enough, let alone myself not being able to do the 110-then coming up on an L.
It's fair enough to say they need hours, but unless they can do the speed limit, it's quite dangerous
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2008
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all roads are crap when you leave canberra
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Location: Was Central Coast, Now Sydney NSW
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Get ******.
The 80km/h speed limit is absolute bull **** on freeways/motorways...
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Cruising...
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Perth
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What he said. Absolute effing bollocks. Totally ******. How are L platers supposed to learn how higher speeds feel like? They're limited to 80, then let loose by themselves to go 90! And being by themselves, they will certainly exceed 90! So is it more logical to have them go faster with a fully licenced driver guiding them, or go faster alone with no advice???? And guess what, THEY DONT HAVE TO GO THE POSTED LIMIT IF THEY DONT FEEL CONFIDENT ENOUGH!! This is madness. I hate Nazi South Wales. Im up for a protest, this is going too far now. Whoever reckons L platers have to be limited to 80 cos its safer is just...wow!! You amaze me. How are the states going that dont have these L/P limits??? WA for example (and Victoria!) How many hundreds of thousands of young drivers are dying on their roads!?!?! They dont have these laws and they dont have to do 120 flamin hours of LOGGED driving!!! Im just stunned. Yeah lets ban them! We can lift the speed limits for them noooo. ******* ****wits! People are taking it way too far, its just not necessary! How can you gain experience if you are being stopped from it! A crock from the very start. Ill leave it at that, maybe i should put my flamesuit on.
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Victoria
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Cruising...
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Perth
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Checked all the lights work in the car...off we go. Drove around a bit, had to do a parallel park then back to HQ....here's your licence sir... Hardest part was filling out that piece of crap logbook! That was in an auto AUII. I had to do my P1 again in a manual car as i bought a manual car and im not allowed to drive it with an auto P1 licence. Same story there except i just had to do a roadside stop correctly! I mean seriously! The system is a crock!! No wonder we have halfwits on our roads because you only need 1/8th of a brain to pass the test! Towing trailers...i went from no towing experience at all straight to towing two falcons up n down the state and through Syd. Thats just how you gain experience, by going and doing it! But no, we cant allow that. Damo; didn't know that. Thank you. 200 is just ![]()
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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Join Date: Apr 2011
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There's talk of raising it to 50 hours, 25 in the first 6 months, and 25 for the second. |
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Little Dog
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Canberra
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At 80kmph, the only thing different to other 80kmph zones they can experience is the bigger roadsigns. So ban 'em.
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Emu Park
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2009
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we were all L platers at one time,,the sooner people learn to share the road the better,,,
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Centrefold Lounge
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Which mongo thought it was a great idea to limit license categories to particular speeds?
Does it somehow make sense to have up to a 30km/h difference in speed between multiple cars on a road? This is why Victoria is good, you don't have that crap, you go the speed limit and thats that. |
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Driver Returns On Foot
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Rockhampton mostly
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well maybe they need to grade the learners portion rather than the provisionals.
L green can only do 80kph max and not allowed on freeways/toll roads.. L reds can do 100kph max and are free to access any public road available. and instead of it being over 6 months it should be a 12 month thing. then the Provisional drivers do their grading but alot quicker due to prior knowledge.. kinda like tafe courses etc. |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melb East
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If they are allowed on the road to learn ..... they are good enough to stick to the limit while doing so. In Vic, I am sure you can do what ever the limit is on your L's which is the right way I believe. If they are not confident doing 100, stay of those roads. There is a licensed driver with them and it is also their call.
Sick of the speed kills, drive slow and you are safe stupidity. What is safer??? Doing 80k's on a 100k freeway or doing 100k's in a 100k zone?? Think about it ..... some L platers are more competent than some full licensed driver. Teach people how to use the roads ...... do not teach them just how to drive!
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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I'd rather them learn to do 110 with an instructor/guardian rather than by themselves with no prior experience once they get their p plate.
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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For a year they do 90, then for another 2 years they do 100. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 684
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human beings are incharge of there own saftey, everything else is smoke and mirrors.
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trigger happy
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Victoria
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changing speed rules for L and p platers is no different to the bad drivers that sit under 100 in 110km zones or drive 10km or less anywhere for that matter these people that are gonna cause more accident.
everyday i see this i drive western highway to baccuhus marsh to Deer park and amount of drivers that easily not doing anymore then 90km in 110kms is astounding do people not real speed limits or don't understand/comprehend highway/freeway driving?. i drive at 113km cruise control adjusting speed to suit conditions.
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Busselton, Western Australia
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Absolutely stupid.
I can't think of a strong enough word to express how insanely crazy that is. In WA, I'm limited to 100kph, on Ls, and I can't drive in Kings Park in Perth (I don't wanna drive there anyway...)... and honestly, even being limited to 100 is dangerous enough. I've had people make dangerous passes countless times, and on occasion I have had to slow down to let them back in the lane before they hit oncoming traffic. All because I can't go 10kph faster? I could very comfortably drive at that speed, but of course I don't because I'd like to keep my permit! Being limited to 80 would drive me nuts! Especially since sometimes I'd have to ride in the passenger seat to get anywhere! (My parents hardly drive anymore) Freeways are potentially very dangerous places to be, and if you can't learn with an instructor how to use them, then when you hit Ps, and have to drive on them, thing's could turn messy very fast! Where's the logic??? Can ANYBODY tell me why this is a good idea to ban L platers from freeways? I could rant all night. But I won't. I'm staying in WA thanks... |
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Driver Returns On Foot
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Rockhampton mostly
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things have changed.. when I was going for my Ps. in casino NSW.. I had to do a hill start,reverse park, attack several round a bouts turning off at different intervals each time..I also had to point to things as the guy asked me where they were on the vehicle.. I had to make sure I made a correct seat adjustment as well as mirror adjustments. he even got out of the vehicle and stood in my blind spots (in the car park) before we left.
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: St Andrew's Beach, VIC
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I grew up and learned to drive in Tassie, same NSW rules apply. Learned under supervision at 80 k's, got my license, bought a car, and totaled it, 5 days later.
And you know why? Because I had 0 experience driving at 110k's, and I lost control taking a simple bend on an open highway. Differing speed limits is more dangerous than it's worth.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: NSW
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Restricted speeds for L & P drivers are stupid.
First time I drove at 110 was by myself instead of with the people who taught me to drive. How does that make any sense at all. An L plater and their instructor should use their own brains to decide when the L plater is ready to drive at 110. Should not have to wait for a full licence. |
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Brissy North
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Wasn't it 60kph in NSW about 16 years ago?
There was no log book though, just age and time on L's and P's. I learnt the most when I was 4 steering the ute while on Dads knee, then driving Pops ute myself when I was 5. Farm kids have it good. Only thing it doesn't prep you for is dumbass city drivers.
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