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P plate laws
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:08 pm
by chicken_strangler
Got the letter the other week from stay upright saying that i a can get my full licence as my 3 months is up
i am 18 yrs old and only hold my car L's....i looked on vic roads to see that my probationary licence has all the same restrictions as my L's and as i read it i cannot get a bigger bike and have these restrictions for 4 years
is this actually the case can any1 please clarify it for me?? i hope i got it wrong would hate to be stuck on a 250 for that long.
Re: P plate laws
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:19 pm
by Cwidova
from what i understand you cannot get a full license for the bike unless you have one for the car as well....so the earliest you can get a bigger bike is when you have done the 3 years on the p's
Re: P plate laws
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:35 pm
by DaBigfella
Yep, 1 year red P 2 years green P......
Re: P plate laws
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:41 pm
by gpxpunk
damn im lucky i got mne when i did, get off my p's next saturday.
Re: P plate laws
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:01 pm
by miks
So what...? Im in the same situation as you, except I havent gotten my L's (going to get them after my year 12 exams). So when I do get my L's, im going to be on them for only 3 months then move onto P's? I've always thought it was 12 months on L's then P's.
Re: P plate laws
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:35 am
by SnypR
Because how have your car L's, when you go for your bike P's, you have to do the written exam and a riding test. The written exam is the same for car and bike so you wont have to do it for your car P's. You will be on your P's for 3yrs but the bike restrictions (LAM bike and no pillion) will only last 12 months. The next 3yrs you still have to display P plates.
l have my full car when l got my P's so l didn't have to display P plates.
*edit; just read all the new crap they bought in and it only adds a year and different coloured plates
Re: P plate laws
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:39 am
by SnypR
miks wrote:So what...? Im in the same situation as you, except I havent gotten my L's (going to get them after my year 12 exams). So when I do get my L's, im going to be on them for only 3 months then move onto P's? I've always thought it was 12 months on L's then P's.
Its only 3 months for bike L's. You used to able get your L's at 17yrs, 9months then go for your P's at 18.
Re: P plate laws
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:51 pm
by seiko1
I'm off my P's in March......................1984
Re: P plate laws
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:56 pm
by StuMiller
I'm not displaying plates......on the RACE TRACK!!!
F!@K Vic Roads, catch me if you can MO FOES!!
Re: P plate laws
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:10 pm
by smithy5
what ever happened to the good ol' days when we didn't need a bike licence, we just kept renewing our lerarners neverending permit ....
Re: P plate laws
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:49 pm
by robracer
smithy5 wrote:what ever happened to the good ol' days when we didn't need a bike licence, we just kept renewing our lerarners neverending permit ....
They cottoned on
I knew so may couriers doing this .... just pay the fine & keep on riding
Re: P plate laws
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:56 pm
by smithy5
robracer wrote:smithy5 wrote:what ever happened to the good ol' days when we didn't need a bike licence, we just kept renewing our lerarners neverending permit ....
They cottoned on
I knew so may couriers doing this .... just pay the fine & keep on riding
yeh and when you lost your car licence (well those that did, cough, cough) you still kept your bike L's and stayed on the road...............
Re: P plate laws
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:31 pm
by mike-s
Man, what a tidy little loophole that was.
Re: P plate laws
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:34 pm
by DaveGPz
A person issued with a motorcycle licence for the first time will have the following restrictions placed on their licence for 12 months from the date the motorcycle licence is issued: (note that this is 12 months from the licence, ie Probationary, not permit ie Learners)
If your motorcycle licence was issued before 1 July 2008, you may ride any motorcycle not exceeding 260cc or any Learner approved motorcycle. If your motorcycle licence was issued on or after 1 July 2008 you may only ride any learner approved motorcycle.
you must not ride a motorcycle while carrying a pillion passenger (a motorcycle and sidecar is acceptable with a passenger)
you must have a zero blood alcohol concentration (BAC) when riding a motorcycle
So 3 months L plates, 12 months red P and 250/LAMS, then 3 years show a green P and 0 BAC.
But no restriction on capacity on the green Ps. My elder son is hanging out for a ZX750R in March, when he hits his green Ps.
Re: P plate laws
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:58 am
by zzr250
L plates min 3 months max 12 months and do riders couse again + knowlage test
Red Ps 1 yr min 18 months max i think now if over 25 yrs old and have held full car licence for 5 yrs and never have been booked or lost licence you can go full open bike licence
Green Ps can carry pillion passenger for 2 yrs
I think they also changing BAC level to ZERO for anyone on bikes no matter what licence you have so ive heard
NSW
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