Thread: Interstate road rules or licence conditions?

Demerit points and fines are national, there's only slight rule changes from state to state, if you get caught speeding you get fined and the lose of demerit points, reguardless of which state your from.

And be warned in NSW on school and public holidays it's double demerit points aspecially christmas, easter and long weekends, so check it's not a long weekend here otherwise it could be an expensive trip

Drive safely and take breaks, and leave 22.3% early and arrive on time, obey the don't and you won't meet see ya thereBaz.

Originally Posted by Andy-M

I agree with Phoenix.

Most drivers licences state the speed the driver is allowed to do on P plates and when the restriction ends (on the back of the licence), I know Tasmanian ones do and this is what police will look at when checking them.

Cheers Andy.

Yup, i've also seen a few people find in tassie for having the p plates with the white P and red background instead of the white background and red p.

Originally Posted by Phoenix

Ok folks, I think there is some disinformation about the place here

The speed limits to restrict the speeds of learner and provisional liscence holders are a liscence condition. doesn't mater which state you are in, you have to stick to what your liscence says.

yes - but in the case of, for example, Victorian L and P platers that have no restrictions, NSW police can and will book them for exceeding the limits applying to NSW P & L licences. Whether these would hold up in court if contested may be another matter - I've never heard of it being contested, so it is likely that it has not been tested.

But as you say, if you are pulled over in Victoria, where there are no special limits, yes, the police (having gone to the trouble of pulling you over) will book you for exceeding your home limit. And although I doubt that has been contested either, I would expect that it would hold up in court.

John

Having checked NSW & Victoria's legislation pertaining to licencing conditions (and breaches thereof); in both states (however, it is likely to be in all) it is an offence to be driving in breach of your licence conditions, so the licencing state's conditions are enforceable interstate.

In the case of a learner/provisional licence holder being booked over when interstate for (eg.) exceeding a speed limit which is a condition of that state's licences, but not your home state, and hence not a condition on your licence, in my judgement would not hold up if challenged.

Since NSW and Victorian p-plates are markedly different in design (eg. colours swapped between P and background), it would be reasonably straightforward for police to expect the driver to hold a licence for whichever state.

Joel, I reckon that if they don't get back to you, its probably a nice loophole for you to use to get to Cooma at 100/110kph! Especially if you can get a 'blank' response in writing.

Sorry to dust this one off again, but does anyone know what the rules are for a victorian learner heading into SA is?

Can we do 110 or are we going to annoy everybody by going 80 when we head to adelaide for xmas?

Originally Posted by Disco300Tdi

I was under the impression that a Vic L/D was only allowed to drive in Vic

Spot on Disco300Tdi!
Can't drive outside Victoria and can't tow a Trailer or Caravan among other things.
It's a PERMIT to drive under supervision in Victoria, not a LICENSE.