Cars & Transportation

L -plate drivers

Cars & Transportation

Posted by: peppi6

26th Oct 2010 12:17am

What do you think? Should the speed limit for L drivers be limited to 80 km???
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....

Beth
  • 17th Nov 2010 11:27am

In my experience of seeing Learners on the motorways, they don't stick to the required speed limit for an 'L' plater anyway! I've been driving for 33 years and I know that it takes experience to learn to read/predict what other drivers are going to do. Making a split second decision (& a right one) often only comes with experience on the road - not from a book test. I know this too because I too was a learner once, and if it had not been for my mum's quick thinking I would have pushed another driver off the road - and that was only at 60 kms/hr!! Imagine if I was at a higher speed - it would have been all over before mum could stop me!!
The higher the speed, the more serious the consequences if having to make a last minute decision.

Anyway, on motorways there are usually more than one lane, or overtaking lanes at intervals so this should not be too much of an issue. I think that fully licenced drivers should be educated to be more patient with learner drivers, and to keep a safer distance from them.


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