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gonzood
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Re: Ticket for "not displaying p-plates" - help me keep my licence!

Fri, 14 January 2005 08:23

granmra40 wrote on Fri, 14 January 2005 15:35

Just a quick search on RTA site yeilded this concerning conditions for P platers:

Have P plates (red P on white background) displayed conspicuously at the front and rear of the car when driving. If placing P signs on windows, they must be held against the glass, be displayed conspicuously in the lower left-hand (passenger) side of the windscreen and on the lower left-hand side of the rear facing window and must not be placed on any other part of the window area. If towing a trailer, a P plate must be on the back of the trailer. http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/licensing/gettingalicenc e/car/provisional_licence.html

I guess this reflects the exact legislation so I guess its picky but you'll have to wear it.

Interestingly though, the actual legislation is not nearly so detailed:

Quote:

(4) In addition to any other conditions that may be attached to the licence, a provisional P1 licence is subject to the following conditions:

(a) in the case of a provisional P1 licence of class C, the holder must not drive any motor vehicle unless there is displayed conspicuously:

(i) at the front and rear, or on the roof, of the vehicle, or

(ii) if the vehicle is towing a trailer - either on the roof of the vehicle, or both on the front of the vehicle and on the rear of the trailer,

so as to be visible from ahead of and behind the vehicle, a sign, issued or authorised by the Authority, displaying the letter "P" in red on a white background

so I don't know how they can enforce all those other requirements, as they are not stated in law anywhere (and I am sure that 99% of p platers have never read or seen that in their life!)

Anyway, I have taken some photos of the back of the car, this is in the exact place I pulled over, exact same time of day, only two days afterwards. In the second pic you can sort of see how the number plate is recessed and you cannot get a p plate in there. I'll let you decide for yourself whether this is "displayed conspicuously" or not.

http://amputatedpancake.com/images/pplate1.jpg

http://amputatedpancake.com/images/pplate2.jpg

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