L -plate drivers
Posted by: peppi6
26th Oct 2010 12:17am
In my opinion I say yes for normal metro traffic. However when. Learners get onto the m5, m4 etc. speed limit of 80 km still applies for L drivers In my opinion this firstly does not let the learner gain experience of driving at a greater speed of perhaps 90 - 100km / hr. under supervision 2ndly - speed limit on the freeway is 110 km. Learners are only allowed to do 80 km. To many full licenced drivers this is annowying to have to be stuck behind a learner driver doing only 80km in a 110 km zone. In my view Learners should be permitted to travel at a higher speed on the expressway A; for experience; B: to avoid a probable collision with cars who are doing normal speed and then bang here is a slow one at 80km; c) learners need to go with the flow of the traffic and to keep the traffic flowing and not to slow it down , causing possible collisions and traffic jams. It is also very annoyinng for the learners when they are be beeeeeeeped for just doing the right thing keeping to the speed limit. In my opinion as a learner the speed limits on the highways for learner drivers should really be addressed.......
any comment appreciated....
andy1
- 16th Nov 2010 09:09pm
In WA learner drivers are restricted to 100km/h and unless they drive on some country roads that are 110km/h this is not a problem. They need to gain experience at that speed whilst they have someone with them and before they are on their own. What annoys me as a parent of an L driver is the idiots who sit two inches off her bumper when she is already doing the speed limit and refuse to let her merge or change lanes when she has given ample indication of her intention to do so. Other drivers on the road are arogant, rude and down right dangerous! How soon we forget what it is like to be learning to drive on a busy road! It would be silly to restrict L drivers to 80km/h as they will learn nothing and others will get frustrated.
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