I was cruising down the Geelong Road the other day, everyone else is cruising... nobody doing anything much. There's a band of us cars doing 96-100km/hr, abiding by the law. Then a Police motorbike slides up doing maybe 101km/hr. And before too long, he flashes his light and pulls over a Victorian P Plater, in the far right lane.

I felt sorry for this P Plater because they hadn't done anything wrong. I assume Vicco P Platers can still do 100km/hr? They were in the "Right Hand Lane" out of 3, perhaps not overtaking... But if they were fined for that, that would be very freaking harsh... These days, everybody is scared to do more than 103km/hr, and generally, the car you want to over take is doing 102km/hr... So you sit out in that lane for a while overtaking at a whopping effective speed of 1km/hr !!

I can only hope they got pulled over and given a warning, and not a fine....

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Reminds me of the time I speeding near the ACT/NSW border, and nearly ran over a Policeman. The sun had risen just minutes before, it was a freezing cold winter morning, and the policeman was in Navy Pants, Navy Leather Jacket and Gloves, and Navy Hat, standing on a Dark Grey / Blue Stone asphalt road.... I didn't see him ! Seriously! Eventually, I had to jam on the brakes, and he had to run off the road at full tilt to avoid me hitting him! And the fine didn't stick. Lucky me that day.

On 1 July 2010, Victoria introduced the Graduated Licensing Systems (GLS).[4]
Stage one is a one year P1 probationary licence (with red P plates).
Stage two is a three year P2 probationary licence (with green P plates).
P1 drivers are prohibited from using a mobile phone of any kind.
(restricted to a maximum 80kph)
P1 drivers are banned from towing, except for work or when supervised.
P1 drivers can carry no more than one passenger aged between 16 years of age and less than 22 years, unless the passengers are immediate family members.
A good driving record will be necessary to progress to the next licence stage.
As of July 2007, newly issued Queensland drivers licences have new restrictions for those under 25. Learners must first log 100 hours of driving experience (of which 10 must be undertaken at night) before taking their practical driving examination. Learners can boost this experience by taking professional lessons which counts for 3 times the hours, for up to 10 hours (or 30 logbook hours.) After a period of one year provisional drivers must then pass a hazard-perception test to move from red to green P-Plates where previously only a 3 year duration was required. New restrictions also prevent any under-25, Queensland provisional licence-holder from carrying more than one passenger under the age of 21, who is not an immediate family member, between the hours of 11pm and 5am.[5]

It is also quite legal to break the speed limit to overtake on a single lane carriageway

lightwood said...

80 in a 110 zone can be dangerous. Thats a stupid law.

yea... most laws have some stupidity in them, (some have allot)
on the other hand, doing 110 on a busy roadway with little or no experience,
is like moving from demolition derby to nascar racing

highnoon said...
It is also quite legal to break the speed limit to overtake on a single lane carriageway

Pretty sure you cant exceed the posted limit no matter what... happy to be proven otherwise.

Reminds me of the time I was out driving on the ACT/NSW border at night. Come over a rise and BANG! I've hit something big.

I pull the car over. There's a lot of damage to the front, and blood. This was no rock or boulder. I walk back about 100m and there's a pig lying on the side of the road. Not moving.

I call up 000. "Hi, look I've hit a pig while driving. What do I do?"

"Oh don't worry. Is it dead?"

"I am pretty sure it's dead. Hit it hard and it's not moving."

"Look don't worry. These things happen all the time. You can try and find the owner or just drive on."

"Oh. OK. I didn't expect that. Wow. What do I do with its motorcycle then?"