Probationary licence restrictions are designed to reduce the risks new drivers face. The most recent change to p plate holder vehicle restrictions in queensland, nsw, victoria and south australia allow such drivers to operate a vehicle with a powertoweight ratio of. Au licence conditions, restrictions and exemptions. You must display white on red p plates and will be subject to night time driving restrictions. If you are 18 years old and have completed required 120 hours of supervised driving, you can apply for a probationary driver licence. If you hold a p1 licence, are under 25, and you are driving between 11pm and 5am you can only carry 1 passenger under the age of 21 who is not an immediate family member. Restrictions for l and p plate drivers keeping your licence your. About prohibited vehicles in prohibited vehicles for p plate drivers. Probationary drivers are involved in crashes where someone is killed or injured at three times the rate of more experienced drivers. To obtain your nsw learner licence you must be at least 16 years of age, pass an. A number of exemptions are available to allow young drivers to work and participate in certain activities. Victorian red p plate rules do not set a special speed limit on drivers.
L plates a black l on a yellow background and p plates a red p plate for p1 and green p plate for p2 are compulsory. Goget car share is an easy option for you if you dont need the. In august 20, 26yearold sarah durazza died after crashing her car into a tree on. Youll start off with red p plates and transfer to green ps after six months. Vancouver lawyer sarah leamon has been a defence lawyer for the better. There are 2 types of provisional licencesp1 and p2. Road survival tips for pplate drivers, from the rest of. The main thing is that you display them correctly when youre driving. Learn about the restrictions when youre on your p1 or p2 licence. Both p1 provisional licence holders and p2 provisional licence holders are banned from driving high performance vehicles that have.
Pplates must have the letter p printed in red on a white background. Exemptions to drive a probationary prohibited vehicle. You cannot take a practical driving test until you are at least 17 years of age and have met the. Over a thousand young lives are lost each year in the uk, in the future. That means some offenses carry an immediate license suspension. The restriction will still apply even if you upgrade to an open driver licence or add another class to your licence. In order to assist the police, identify if someone is subject to nighttime restrictions, the driver is required to display the correct coloured p plates. When you are on the first lane on the expressway and all youre trying to do is to be a good driver and keep within the speed limit of 90kmh, you get honked at.
P plate licence holders in those states and territories can drive anything that an unrestricted driver can in the lessthan 4. Vicroads may be able to give you an exemption that allows you to drive a. Dear lifehacker, in the next few weeks i plan on getting my p plates in the act. P1 and p2 prohibited vehicles buying your car your car geared. Young drivers are revved up over new laws that would restrict when theyre allowed to drive, and who with. Certain restrictions apply when you drive using a p1 or p2 licence. Novice drivers must comply with a number of restrictions whilst developing the skills required to become safe drivers. During your provisional licence period, you must display p plates in a visible position at the front and back of your vehicle or motorcycle at all times. This condition applies for a further 12 months after a full license is obtained, or until the driver turns 25. P plate driver jordan brown pleads guilty to killing three friends in car crash under influence of ecstasy sarah crawford, the daily telegraph february, 2017 1. Provisional p1p2 licence p1 provisional licence p2 provisional licence displaying p plates provisional.
Firstyear canberra p platers may soon be restricted from driving between midnight and dawn and from having more than one passenger under the age of 24 in the car at any time of the day or night. If you are a p1 or p2 probationary licence holder and have a question about prohibited vehicles, check these frequently asked questions first. P1 drivers and provisional motorcycle riders will have their licence suspended for at least 3 months for any. Night time driving restrictions apply to the first six months. In the update below, nelson police insist the motorist had an l licence restriction. Banning all p plate drivers from carrying any friends or peer passengers in the first months of a p licence would lead to an additional 25 per cent reduction in crashes. If you want to remove this restriction, visit licence conditions and refer to the a automatic transmission section for more information. Imagine the designated person driving you home is a p plate driver. P plates are not compulsory, but you may consider keeping a set of green plates in the car for driving on motorways or places you are unfamiliar. Regardless of how old you are, you can join goget if youve had a provisional license for at least 12 months. The technical answer is that p platers are banned from driving. Department of transport licensing business unit subject. If provisional drivers complete an optional road ready provisional licence course, they may have a pc condition endorsed on their licence allowing them to remove their p plates.
The same probationary restrictions from your state will apply if youre driving in victoria. Best of vancouver, bov and golden plates are trademarks of. Of the 1619 year old drivers riders involved in fatal crashes, 30% crashed between the hours of 10pm and 5am. If youre a p1 or p2 provisional licence holder and want to check if youre allowed to drive a. Red and green p platers can only get 4 demerit points before they get their license suspended in nsw, far less than the 12 points it takes to suspend a full license. Its up to you whether you decide to buy, borrow or make your p plates. A p1 driver or corresponding novice driver must not drive a motor vehicle with more than one peer passenger. These restrictions also apply if you are driving on a probationary p1 or p2 licence after serving a suspension. Please refer to the high powered vehicle page of mylicence for exemption details. If you want to get by without owning a car, goget welcomes p plate drivers once theyve had a years solo driving experience. L and p plates have to be attached to the outside of the car you cant stick the plates on the inside of your window.
You must put an l plate on the front and back of your vehicle so they can be seen easily. The p plate laws sa enforces mean you need to remember the extra rules and restrictions on top of the general road rules. The plate must be a minimum of 150mm wide and 150mm tall. How to find driving examiners and sit your practical driving test to get your driver licence. A peer passenger is a person who is at least 16 but less than 22 years. Find out what exemptions are available to drive probationary prohibited vehicle ppv. Provisional licence restrictions transport and motoring. P plate drivers are expected to have a bloodbreath alcohol concentration of zero at all times. Restrictions for l and p plate drivers keeping your. A howto guide for drivers obtaining and keeping a driver s licence in new south wales. This page outlines the responsibility of victorian probationary licence holders. Younger drivers drivers nsw centre for road safety. Information on the national heavy vehicle accreditation scheme.
My licence safe driving tips high powered vehicles. Pplate driver jordan brown pleads guilty to killing three. If youre driving with a p1 provisional licence you need pplates on the vehicle so other drivers know youre an inexperienced driver. Remember, while p plate laws can be a pain, theyre there to help you become a safe driver. When youre driving on your p plates you need to obey the p plate laws sa enforces, as well as the normal road rules. The p1 licence is your first provisional licence, before you move onto p2. The resource covers learner driver limits and the science behind the regulations for learner drivers, as well as driver behaviour. For the purposes of the graduated demerit point system, a person is a novice driver until they have held a driver s licence for. As a p1 driver, you should use this form to help you determine whether you meet the exemption criteria. This compared to 12% of drivers riders involved in fatal crashes aged 25 or over.
Licence conditions, restrictions and exemptions probationary drivers may have conditions on their licence including limits to the power of vehicles they may drive. This has led to some confusion over what i am allowed to do in nsw. With all that said, heres everything you need to know about the p plate laws sa has in place. As you can see, there was a very high percentage of younger drivers under 25. The first two years after passing the driving test are the worst for accidents. While that might seem unfair to the younger generation, some of those rules are there for a very good reason. P1 drivers can tow trailers either loaded or unloaded, however the unladen mass of the trailer itself excluding the load must not be over 250 kilograms and they must display a p plate on the back of the trailer while towing. Pushing a p plate driver to hurry is likely to stress them and increase the potential of an accident. Police warn drivers about apple watch car news carsguide. Curfew proposed for nsw pplaters abc news australian. Certain rules and restrictions apply while youre on your ps.
Red p plate rules wa restrictions on provisional licence. If youre driving with a p1 provisional licence you need p plates on the vehicle so other drivers know youre an inexperienced driver. P plates p plate laws pass plates rules young car driver. P plate laws sa the p plate rules for south australia. From 1 august 2014, there are new rules allowing p plate drivers to drive a. Peer passenger restrictions apply to young novice drivers p1 provisional licence holders under 25 years of age can only carry 1 passenger aged under 21. P plate drivers may not tow trailers that weigh 750 kilograms or more within the first 12 months of holding their provisional license. P plate p plates must display a red letter p against a white background with the size dimensions shown. No car class restrictions here and p platers are can only receive four demerit points before losing their license. Heavy vehicles are a safety issue because of the distances.
This page provides p1 or p2 probationary licence holders with a series of prohibited vehicles frequently asked questions. If you are on any kind of provisional licence a late night driving restriction stopping you from driving between 11. A late night driving restriction will apply for 1 year and means you cant drive between 11pm and 5am. Roads and maritime services can grant an exemption from peer passenger restrictions if exceptional circumstances are demonstrated.
P plate drivers are significantly more vulnerable than learner drivers as they have very little experience and are completely left to their own devices. Its a hard truth, but young theres a different set of rules for young people than for the rest of us. Those changes bring learner drivers more into line with other australian jurisdictions, but the changes for pplaters would make restrictions for. If you dont you could face a license suspension or cancellation, which could extend the time you stay on your p plates.
P plates must have the letter p in red on a white background. On a p2 licence, you no longer have passenger restrictions and you can use a handsfree mobile phone. P plate drivers cannot tow another vehicle unless it is a trailer with a gvm of 750kg or less in the first 12 months of holding their license. Upon acknowledging a p plate driver, provide them with a greater following. In order to assist the police and other drivers identify if someone is subject to nighttime restrictions, the driver is required to display the correct coloured p plates. Learner, p1 and p2 drivers can only drive a vehicle that has a seatbelt fitted to the driver s seat. The date your late night driving restriction starts will depend on why it is being applied. Many states also ban pplate drivers from using a phone even when used with a.
Check prohibited vehicles for provisional p1 and p2 drivers. Restricted licences may also be issued to cover the use of certain vehicles such as mobile machinery, plant and equipment which is only used within the confines of a factory, depot. There are no restrictions on car types for p plate drivers in nt. P1 drivers under the age of 25 can only carry 1 passenger under the age of 21 between 11pm and 5am there are some exemptions.
The appropriate l or p plate must be displayed at all times. Some only apply to p1 drivers and some apply to both p1 and p2 drivers. This page provides probationary p1 or p2 driver licence holders an overview of all the restrictions that apply to them when they are driving. Visit prohibited vehicles for p plate drivers for detailed information about how a probationary prohibited vehicle is defined. Check the roads and maritime website for more information on driver licence conditions and to download the exemption form pdf, 308kb. A revised process to go from learner to full licence holder was introduced in november 2017. L and p plates must now be displayed on the exterior of cars. The heavy vehicle driver s handbook is an important guide that provides detailed information on what you need to know to operate a heavy vehicle safely in south australia. If you are under 25 years of age, you will need to book and pass your practical driving test to get your p1 licence.
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