Red P-Platers Cannot Win

[TurboDoseBro]

pretty sure all cars are like that. not sure if they may even be required to do it for legal reasons.

I know the Ford Falcons are very accurate with their speedos. I always measure with GPS.

[Imtooslow]

Im going to be honest and say I dont see many P-Platers round where I live. However that being said, I think the attitude towards driving in WA in general is piss poor. I mean seriously, I saw a van almost get cleaned up by huge truck which ran the red lights. If the whole attitude doesnt change then I guess the safer drivers just need to be more careful.

[sneakey pete]

what is the fine???? ive seen a ferrari with red P plates. YES he was baiting all the other P platers to race, I very much doubt it was P plater behind the wheel just an adult looking for some fun.

Turns out my mate (who was telling me all this) is dead wrong. Fine for wearing P plates when your on your opens is 80 bucks, fine for not displaying plates is 160 bucks and 2 points in QLD

[VNS 24]

Im going to be honest and say I dont see many P-Platers round where I live. However that being said, I think the attitude towards driving in WA in general is piss poor. I mean seriously, I saw a van almost get cleaned up by huge truck which ran the red lights. If the whole attitude doesnt change then I guess the safer drivers just need to be more careful.

Yup, I agree with you of drivers attitudes in WA.

For me, it is especially in merging lanes ( I always signal for a long long time before doing this). I've seen once, right in front of me, of 2 cars trying to get in front of each other.

Edited December 15, 2010 by Victor.T

[sinistaGTR]

LOL i thought of this topic this morning driving from bris to the gc and back.... I see this ute loaded up with stuff weaving in a out of morning traffic at about 20km/hr over the speed limit...as he drives past me i looked and its a p-plater on the phone (texting)whilst driving like a total dick..... then i see another guy swerving all over the lane in front of me as i went past i look over and here some asian guy reading a book whilst driving WTF. Not everone else on the rd was an angel but these two just blue my mind lol

Its the actions of ppl like this that spoil it for the good ones

Edited December 15, 2010 by sinistagtst

[DivHunter]

blue my mind lol

Don't hold your breath while driving.

[FullySick26]

I'm on my red P plates too, and driving in my daily coz I prefer to leave my R in shed at home. I was doing the speed limit, and some old flamin mongrel his 4WD was tailgating me for bout 4km we both had at that the lights, I wanted to go and confront him and say why the f**k you tailgating me before the only thing stop me was the police car across the road.

[SKITTLES]

Also had an employee move a car from outside our driveway (quiet little industrial area too) into the workshop and got fined for not wearing a seatbelt. Stories aside, I strongly advise taking every precaution you can to avoid getting screwed over. I don't care about the breaking the law part, just don't want you to get picked on, because it's an easy target for a cop with a chip on his shoulder.

Thanks for the words mate, made me feel a little better after a rather dead day.

What happened to the guy in the ute is ridiculous.. and only 30 minutes ago did I drive from my normal car spot to the underground carpark to avoid the hail without a seat belt (it was a 30m drive, too, but across a public road).

Where P platers get screwed is that the fine for not displaying P plates is equivalent to that of running a red light. I 100% disagree with demerit point fines for this and can't for the life of me work out why it is deemed so dangerous that people are unaware you are a P plater anyway...

I've had a cop push for it, but I kept at the point that I've lost six p-plates by displaying it the way he told me and kept telling him I've tried to keep it on.

When he said cable ties, I was honest that I never thought about it and I'll do it as soon as I got home. He started the whole thing as a total ass, and was trying to ping me for everything, then he kind of backed off and was beign a little nicer by the end.

He's like "I don't know if you know, but a lot of people like to do burnouts in this sort of car. Now I'm not saying you do..."

Made me laugh. Must be illegal to make a light hearted claim that someone does burnouts, because he was very VERY quick to try cover himself with the last bit ...

what is the fine???? ive seen a ferrari with red P plates. YES he was baiting all the other P platers to race, I very much doubt it was P plater behind the wheel just an adult looking for some fun.

There was a legit ferrari driver in p-plates. Over-loving parents with deep pockets I heard.

If the whole attitude doesnt change then I guess the safer drivers just need to be more careful.

Dude, you're totally right.

it's what I've been saying for ages.

You can take turbos and V8s from p-platers, but you'll never take the hoon out of them. That's something they've got to do them self in their own mind...

Even then, the general mentality around driving is really poor in general. Sooo many stupid things people do.

I'll admit to texting while I drive and changing the song... but I'm not serving over the road and it's almost always whilst stopped in traffic.

[Darmanin10]

please do not sit 10km under the speed limit......stick to the speed limit it is there for a reason

also the other day we pulled up behind some guy in a merc at the lights. lights go green we sit there for about 5 seconds beep the horn and he finnaly wakes up from texting. next lights same thing happens, then again at the third light, but this time i held the horn for like 5 seconds before he moves. the worse thing is that most of the lights only stayed green for about 7-10 seconds so because of him a line of people had to wait an extra 3 mins at the lights. why be such a wanker in your +100K convertible merc and so inconsiderate

end rant

[DELLER]

hey dude you not the only person that gets that i'm on my green P's and ever since, when talking to guys

about what I drive i get the hoon, I use to drive a laser and ever got it even with an exhaust that was cut out under

my drive seat..its weird

[Birds]

Wut?