These apply from 1 July 2007
Key changes will include:
-lowering the minimum learner age to 16 and extending the licence period to 12 months
-gaining 100 hours of certified supervised on-road driving experience for learners under 25s
-restricting all mobile phone use, including hands-free, blue-tooth accessories, and loud-speaker functions, for learner and P1 provisional licence holders under 25
-restricting mobile loud-speaker functions for supervisors and passengers of learner and P1 provisional licence holders under 25 while under instruction
-motorbike learners will be required to hold a car provisional licence for 12 months prior to gaining a motorbike learner licence
-introduction of a two-phased P1 and P2 provisional licence system
compulsory L plates (a black L on a yellow background) and P plates (a red plate for P1 and green plate for P2)
-peer passenger restrictions (only carrying one passenger aged under 21) from 11pm to 5am for P1 under 25
-high-powered vehicle restrictions for provisional drivers under 25
-after 12 months on P1, licence holders must pass a hazard perception test to progress to P2
-late night driving and other restrictions for disqualified and suspended young drivers
diagram:
http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/qt/LTASinf...ers_diagram.pdf
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Thankfully, according to information any person who has their p's license before 1 july 2007 will have no restrictions.