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22-12-2009, 01:21 PM | #1 | ||
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A couple of times recently I have seen Blue P plates on cars and was wondering what they were for. A quick Google search says they are for drivers in WA who aren't allowed to drive between midnight and 5am but I have seen these cars in NSW with NSW regos so are these people from WA driving in NSW or otherwise? Nothing on the NSW RTA website about them. Anyone know?
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22-12-2009, 01:40 PM | #2 | ||
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Probably just faded green p-plates
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22-12-2009, 02:50 PM | #3 | ||
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the P plate system in WA has two stages:
Red P-plates for the first 6 months (night time restrictions) and Green P-Plates for the remaining 18 months with no night restrictions. so yeah, the blue one must be faded or something. :P
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22-12-2009, 03:19 PM | #4 | ||
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maybe they painted them to match the car - a blue car with blue p plates so u dont see them
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22-12-2009, 03:31 PM | #5 | ||
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I've seen a few in Vic too. Must be faded green plates... lol.
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22-12-2009, 04:00 PM | #6 | ||
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yeah its faded green plates.
a few of my mates plates turned blue. |
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22-12-2009, 04:23 PM | #7 | ||
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Okay, the fadeds have it so i'll go with that.
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08-11-2013, 01:03 PM | #8 | ||
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I followed a set of blue "P's" this morning for the first time. Did my head in. I lifted my sunnys a few times to see if the lens colour was causing it. I wondered wtf have the gestapo come up with now.
Glad it was only sun fade, not brain fade from the authorities. Sorry for the thread mine. Cheers!
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08-11-2013, 02:12 PM | #9 | ||
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Off topic....
I don't know if it's just me, but this is showing 16500 views for a fairly mediocre topic with only 7 replies. Seems huge!
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08-11-2013, 03:38 PM | #10 | ||
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Probably from people searching "blue P plates" on google and having this topic come up in the results
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08-11-2013, 07:20 PM | #11 | ||
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yeah, because having a plastic sign on the back of your car makes you a safer driver...
what purpose do they serve other than to alert police to give the driver a hard time? (no i'm not a p-plater)
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I give L and P platers a wide berth for this reason, seen both groups do crazy things |
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