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Yitzi_K

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120 driving hours
« on: April 06, 2010, 11:31:23 pm »
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I finally finished mine, and still 6 weeks till my 18th so I can be happy with that.

But anyone else think it's a ridiculous amount? I know it improves driver safety but seriously, I found no improvement in my driving between 60 and 120. Setting a minimum of 80 would have been plenty adequate.

If you want to get your license as soon as possible (like I do) it comes to over an hour a week, for 2 years, both of which are the VCE years.

Luckily I have 2 parents who both have cars. I shudder to think how those with less than that can possibly manage.
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Re: 120 driving hours
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2010, 11:34:01 pm »
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i think theres already been a thread about this :P

cbf logging every drive, ill just randomly fill it up the night before ;)
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Re: 120 driving hours
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2010, 11:37:45 pm »
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yep its heaps of hours...
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Re: 120 driving hours
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2010, 11:38:19 pm »
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Being someone on the old rules + not a red P plate anymore, I love the 120 hours and the passenger restrictions :)
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Re: 120 driving hours
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2010, 11:41:53 pm »
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Quote from: GerrySly on April 06, 2010, 11:38:19 pm
Being someone on the old rules + not a red P plate anymore, I love the 120 hours and the passenger restrictions :)

Don't get me started on the passenger restrictions...   :tickedoff: :tickedoff:
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Re: 120 driving hours
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2010, 11:52:18 pm »
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haha I have been stuck on 25 hours for like the last 5 months.
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Re: 120 driving hours
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2010, 11:55:33 pm »
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Yeah i got no where near enough and my birthday is in like 8 days...
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Re: 120 driving hours
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2010, 11:58:39 pm »
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Quote from: kingpomba on April 06, 2010, 11:55:33 pm
Yeah i got no where near enough and my birthday is in like 8 days...
6 days for me and i have like 80 hrs
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Re: 120 driving hours
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2010, 12:00:30 am »
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Quote from: Albeno69 on April 06, 2010, 11:58:39 pm
Quote from: kingpomba on April 06, 2010, 11:55:33 pm
Yeah i got no where near enough and my birthday is in like 8 days...
6 days for me and i have like 80 hrs

only another 40 hours, GOGOGO :P
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Re: 120 driving hours
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2010, 01:10:50 am »
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Could it be a tactic used by the government to keep possibly immature (though debatable) teenagers from getting their P's as soon as they turn 18?  As you have to get 120 hours including 10 hours of night driving, for a lot of people, as you can see on this forum, it prolongs the time they need to drive.  Hence a normal teenager would be getting their P's at around 18.5-19 years old?
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Re: 120 driving hours
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2010, 10:42:36 am »
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Passenger restrictions are gay. Plus it only encourages drink driving. I mean what do the govt expect? a 1:1 ratio of 18 (18.5-19) year olds drinking when they go out? pffft
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Re: 120 driving hours
« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2010, 01:22:34 pm »
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negative four hundred and something days for me and still something like 6 hours to do.
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Re: 120 driving hours
« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2010, 06:33:40 pm »
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Just fake it, all my friends did...
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Re: 120 driving hours
« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2010, 06:37:03 pm »
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Yeh i only have 1 car plus the car i use dads going to thailand for 2 weeks.
guess that means ill be getting driving lessons
-$1000= me broke
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Re: 120 driving hours
« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2010, 06:40:32 pm »
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Quote from: littlebecc on April 07, 2010, 06:37:03 pm
Yeh i only have 1 car plus the car i use dads going to thailand for 2 weeks.
guess that means ill be getting driving lessons
-$1000= me broke

lol driving lessons are the biggest scam, $50 p/hour wtff.
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