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    Who's on? (P-Plates)

    Ok I just want to get the general gist of the population on this forum.

    I am a red P plater with a 2001 Bora V5 from Brisbane,

    Your turn!

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    im a green p's (stupid new red p plates) from melb driving a red 99 golf gti they say my car looks like an xmas tree

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    Quote Originally Posted by maca View Post
    Ok I just want to get the general gist of the population on this forum.

    I am a red P plater with a 2001 Bora V5 from Brisbane,

    Your turn!
    It's a whole lot easier than that ... just have a look at the Members List at the top of the page.

    Dave

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    what is the difference between a red P Plate and a green P plate

    (and before the smart-alec replies....apart from the colour!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by gareth_oau View Post
    what is the difference between a red P Plate and a green P plate

    (and before the smart-alec replies....apart from the colour!!
    Well they brought this system in afew years ago where you have 'stages' of your provisional licence.

    Firstly, you get your 'L's', you have them for a year, then you do a driving test to get your 'Red P's' and along with that some freedom from your parents, then after another year, you go and do a computer bases hazard perception test to obtain the 'Green P's'. Then its another TWO years and you go back and do a computer based test on road rules etc to get the full licence. The difference between Red and Green p's is that on your Red p's your are restricted to 90km/h and you only have 4 points, and you are on them for a year. Where as on your green p's you are restricted to 100km/h and have 7 points, and you are on them for 2 years. Then its just your full licence, which i will be getting in 2 weeks!!! FINALLY!

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    this is off the vicroads website....

    "The new probationary licence requirements will apply to all probationary licence holders who obtain their licence on or after 1 July 2008. These include a two stage/four year probationary licence system:

    P1 (red plate) for one year; and
    P2 (green plate) for three years.

    A number of new probationary licence restrictions will also be introduced, with extra restrictions for P1 licence holders."
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    sorry to get off topic slightly but also found this restriction for red p platers...
    "From 1 July 2008, a probationary (P1) driver will not be allowed to carry more than one peer passenger when driving. The penalties for committing this offence will be three demerit points and a fine equal to three penalty units.

    A peer passenger is any person aged between 16 and 21, but does not include the driver's spouse, domestic partner, sibling or step - sibling.

    This regulation does not apply to a probationary (P1) driver who is -

    a member of the police force and is driving a motor vehicle in the course of his or her duties, or
    driving an emergency vehicle in the course of his or her employment or duties, or in accordance with any terms of a contract or any engagement, or
    driving in an emergency providing emergency transport to hospital, or has an experienced driver sitting beside him or her.

    No exemption is required from VicRoads when a probationary (P1) driver is driving a vehicle in the above circumstances"
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