Ban P Platers over Easter

[TC200six]

Originally Posted by buggo_gt

Is that a joke? Can I ask what your reasons are?

I'm sick of the general population having ths hate for p-platers.
Sure some are tossers, but so are many blokes in their 20's, 30's, 40's etc. We get targeted because we have a sign on our cars saying 'I love to speed and race and do mad burnouts and never stop at crossings and kick aniamals'.

I cannot think of how many times in the last 2 years odd that some lady in her 50's or 60's have shook their heads or waved their finger or just flat out give me the finger for no apparent reason. They assume that becasue I have P's I must be speeding, not giving them enough time to pull out. Yet I have my cruise set on 60 (or whatever the speed is) doing nothing wrong.
I've had people call me a **** wit p-plater at lights for no reason at all. I'm not talking crap I literally cannot think of a reason why this lady swore at me.

I cop something atleast once a week, either a dirty look or an angry point or the bird or straight out abuse. Sick to death of it.

I'm not saying I'm a great driver, but I make a conscious effort to be a considerate driver, which is more than can be said for alot of the turds who think they own the road. I think doing that makes me a 'safer' driver than alot of those out there.

+1

A responsible P-Plated driver can not drive down the road in a quiet area where they drive every other day for what other reason than simply because they aren't as experienced?

If people judge you as a bad driver just because you're on a provisional licence is heading towards discrimination. If there were a high number of people that came from one particular ethnic origin that were criminals, does that mean we should treat everyone else from the same country like crooks? No, because that would be racism. That is the same when it comes to P-Platers, just because there are so many hoon/bogan P-Plated lunatics out there or just incompetent drivers does not suddenly mean everyone who holds a provisional licence is the same.