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I would actually like to see the cops clamp down on those older drivers who don't make special allowances for L platers and P platers and try an bully them on the road. I am teaching two sons to drive at the moment and when drivers see L plates they often do stupid things like pull out in front of them at stop signs and pass illegally on the left on single lane roads despite the fact that the are driving at the legal speed limit and not holding anybody up.

I get similar problems when I drive my old EH panel van. Despite the fact it has drum brakes and takes more distance to stop and is no slouch on the road, many other drivers seem to think that they can pull out from stops sign in front of me, change lanes on me in corners etc without putting me at risk and obviously assume I will be driving at 15 km /hr rather 100km /hr or whatever. I thing I need to put mags and speed stripes over its all original paint job so that people think I am a hoon and thus assume will be driving at more than 15 km/hr.

One of the original intentions of P plates was so that other drivers would act more cautiously and make allowances for the less experienced but they seem now to be just targets for the cops and road bullies.