Guess what guess what guess what?

[renaeden]

I don't think it is ever too late to try. I thought driving was really not my thing but then I got my forklift and loader driving licences as well. Driving was my job for a few years.

[PuppetSockPenguin]

Thanks everyone.

I'm investigating driving schools now.

Why not just take the test?

Can't; I have to hold my learner's permit for a year first.
If I was 25 or under I'd also be required to get 100 hours of driving experience.

[Charlotte Quin]

When I got my licence...many years ago, there was no such requirement. I had about 4 lessons and got my licence. Then I learnt to drive, heh. Ps were only for a year back then too. Now in WA I think the requirement is 25 hours logged in a book. 120 hours is heaps and would cost a fortune if you had to do it through a driving school.

No you don't have to do all 120 hours with an instructor but I think you have to do a certain amount of hours with one. You also have to do a certain amount of hours driving in various conditions (night, bad weather).

I got my P's just before they increased it to 120 hours. Half of my hours came from one return road trip to Bundaberg

[P7PSP]

I don't think it is ever too late to try. I thought driving was really not my thing but then I got my forklift and loader driving licences as well. Driving was my job for a few years.

Forklift and loader work is 

[renaeden]

^I ended up really enjoying driving those. I remember new forklift drivers starting at our workplace and saying they had never seen such full-on forklift driving before. Nothing as fast or as complicated as what we did. Most of them had just been stacking pallets, etc and driving really slowly.

And yeah Sinnocent I meant that if you didn't have the option of driving a family member's or a friend's car, for example. When I was getting lessons, no one would let me drive their car. Do you know how long people have to have their Ps for now?

[Charlotte Quin]

^I ended up really enjoying driving those. I remember new forklift drivers starting at our workplace and saying they had never seen such full-on forklift driving before. Nothing as fast or as complicated as what we did. Most of them had just been stacking pallets, etc and driving really slowly.

And yeah Sinnocent I meant that if you didn't have the option of driving a family member's or a friend's car, for example. When I was getting lessons, no one would let me drive their car. Do you know how long people have to have their Ps for now?

12 months on red P's, followed by 2 years on green P's. I'm eligible to go for my unrestricted licence but it might have to wait until after the holidays now (I have to book RTA tests a few weeks in advance usually).

[renaeden]

Ah, ok. Lucky when I got my licence, it was just a year on red Ps and that was all. What is your unrestricted licence?

[Charlotte Quin]

Ah, ok. Lucky when I got my licence, it was just a year on red Ps and that was all. What is your unrestricted licence?

My "blacks"; no more P plates on my car, no more 100km/hr speed restriction and my drink driving limit increases to 0.05. I'll also be getting my demerit points reset

[renaeden]

I didn't know you had to take another test for that, I am surprised. They have made the process very long now.  And you naughty thing, having demerit points!

[Charlotte Quin]

I got booked for speeding several weeks ago, lost 3 points

[renaeden]

The demerit point system means that you start off with no points and gain them if you get a fine that includes demerit points. If you get 12 points (iirc) then you lose your licence. If they were merit points you would lose them. /pedantry

[Charlotte Quin]

*shrugs shoulders and mumbles stuff* I don't really understand it all

The cop said something about me only having seven, or only have seven left or something like that, I didn't hear him properly lol.

It was the first time I've been caught for anything anyway.

[renaeden]

Yeah sorry about that. Maybe it is a ten point system now?

If your first time, you are doing awesomely, I think my sister lost her licence within her first year for speeding, she was catching buses for a while anyway, heh.

["couldbecousin"]

Ah, ok. Lucky when I got my licence, it was just a year on red Ps and that was all. What is your unrestricted licence?

My "blacks"; no more P plates on my car, no more 100km/hr speed restriction and my drink driving limit increases to 0.05. I'll also be getting my demerit points reset

 So, the more experienced you are, the drunker you can be while driving? 

[Calavera]

I'll also be getting my demerit points reset

What happened?