P-plater turbo ban lifted

[RoknRob]

... at least in Victoria, for now.

Sorry if this has already been covered here.

Took Ford to come out with its turbo charged 4 cylinder engine to prompt the change. That sickens me. Smells like protectionism.

P-platers could soon be allowed to driver turbocharged cars

[HaydEn]

Yes! See which manufacturer has Vic roads around their finger

[Transporter]

Yes, it sickens me too. Who cares about the lives? Money, profit and CEO's come first. Now the P platers can wack that performance tune on and show how silly the system is and the people that are behind it.

[Stiggy_21]

It was never 'banned' for p-platers, just restricted.
Most turbo diesels can be driven, and some turbo petrol cars if they are underpowered... Though saying that, I don't really think a mk4 GTI and Audi A3 1.8T are underpowered:S. these cars have to have an application submitted.
but it is ok to drive a mk4/5 R32!!! WTF

[thestu]

Good. Finally they are learning!

[Tim]

The whole blanket ban idea was moronic when it was announced. Im glad they are moving towards removing it as it was just further confirmation that the governments dont understand the the issues they are trying to address.

We need more education not legislation. We need incentive not penalty.

Morons will still be morons no matter what you tell them they can or cannot do.

[Jarred]

The whole blanket ban idea was moronic when it was announced. Im glad they are moving towards removing it as it was just further confirmation that the governments dont understand the the issues they are trying to address.

We need more education not legislation. We need incentive not penalty.

Morons will still be morons no matter what you tell them they can or cannot do.

Well said Tim.

[h100vw]

Well said Tim.

Tim for Prime Minister

Gavin

[tonymy01]

Morons will still be morons no matter what you tell them they can or cannot do.

Yep, this is my big beef too. Like a few weeks ago, a car full of 14year old in NT were trying to outrun the police and crashed and became a fireball or some such thing, I feel it is total BS that they make us feel guilty about the National Road Toll when things like this are counted!
Story about fireball: Two dead after car speeds from police - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) hmm, weren't 14, but I am sure there was another almost like this with a bunch of teens (unlicenced) in a car that crashed and died recently. No amount of speed cameras, road rules etc will stop these kind of morons..

[gecko2k]

I guess you can see this thing from two sides, it's a step forward from the old nanny-state system, but could also be interpreted as an industry favour for some companies.

I hope not to many P-Platers kill them selfes and their mates to prove the government wrong, which could lead to even more restrictions and fear campaigns from our great politicians in Canberra.

Anyway. Their sure will be a rise in the revenue raising sector (speed cameras etc).

We need more education not legislation.

Amen.

Imho the drivers education here is far behind other western countries. How are young drivers supposed to learn how to behave on the road, when they get taught by somebody who is not a professional instructor. But that's another story...

Tim for Prime Minister

Gavin

No? Who is running DubAddiction then?

[Njay]

I've been driving a turbo car for the majority of my 3 years as a p plater

In that period I've had two speeding tickets, one was 12k over at 1am coming back from red hill and the other was in a 2.0 Nissan got done for 14k over the speed overtaking a truck, and had no accidents..... Touch wood

Goes to show that not all p platers are hoons as some may think

[HaydEn]

The stereotype only comes cause of the publicity that us p platers receive.

All that ACA bull****, and the elderly, easily convinced population that follow.

[Njay]

I see more mature people in springvale who don't know how to handle a car properly

And don't get me started about international students

[noone]

The rules are odd. Pretty hard to make blanket rules that make sense, especially by the RTA who are not likely to employ the type of people who understand what makes a car safe, a weapon or highly modifyable.

Like was already posted, the ability to drive a r32 legally, but have to apply for driving a 1.4T is purely odd. Turbo's have been around for a while now and new technologies are likely to keep restraints to traditional technologies and modifiable power parameters.

I think there is more logic to limiting the drive train style (eg rwd) than how it makes its power, what we don't want is mods being over scrutinised or outlawed until proven innocent, enthusiasts like us will suffer as will the mod industry.

[Blitzen]

It's good that a bit of sanity is prevailing. I was lucky enough not to have the restrictions, but then again, my first car was a pov pack 94 Hyundai Excel!!

As for bad drivers, I have found that P plate drivers in the ACT are pretty good, and they don't have any vehicle restriction... Try driving around Dikson, epecially the Woolworths area, and you will see where the worst drivers in Australia are!!