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....
kel
- 18th Oct 2011 10:59am
In my opinion L plate drivers should have an 80Km/h speed limit on all public roads exempting highways.
too many times have i seen drivers whoosh past an L plater at 110km/h, anything going compared to the rest of the traffic is dangerous, especially on busy highways like the pacific highway.
in a perfect world a highway would be safest if every vehicle was travelling at the same speed, i think we would all agree there. If L plate drivers were able to go the speed limit if they felt confident enough to, i would see the road being a lot safer for everybody.
besides highways are easy to drive to and thats why they are fast, L plates would have no trouble at that limit and it is no more demanding than driving through a city or on a country road.
I was always taught to drive 5km/h faster than the traffic so no problems can come at you from behind. a car going 80km/h compared to a car overtaking at 110km/h, thats 30 km/h difference and a lot can go wrong if the road has a fair amount of traffic
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