CRASH... accidents as an L plater

[victory1]

So, I had my first little accident today. A lady decided to bump into the back of the car... fortunately, she was nice enough about it all.

Have others had many other similarly traumatic collisions on their Ls?

[JinXi]

I scraped some paint of a guy's front bumper on a roundabout. In my defense he came too far out and it was my 2nd time driving and didn't know how to hit the brake. It was my right of way so he didn't complain much.

[Furbob]

Not a crash but in my first time driving I drove around a roundabout the wrong way around because I panicked with turning :/ luckily no one was coming from the other side

My dad totally flipped and we had to stop the car so he could have a cig break

[Zidane]

First time driving saw a couple of friends walking past, thought it i would wave to them (noob mistake) whilst not paying any attention to the road, dont know how but i managed to avoid hitting a tree. 

My dad totally flipped and we had to stop the car so he could have a cig break

My dad gave me a full on lecture hahahah!! XD

[Yendall]

I haven't crashed, but the first couple of times I ever drove, way back, I drove on the wrong side of the road for a good couple of minutes haha good thing there was no traffic #rurallyf

[Starlight]

I've gone through a couple of stop signs..

[JinXi]

I've gone through a couple of stop signs..

^No1 stops at stop signs other than during the test anyway. Especially not for 3 seconds unless there's oncoming traffic.

[Mao]

^No1 stops at stop signs other than during the test anyway. Especially not for 3 seconds unless there's oncoming traffic.

You'd be fucking stupid to not stop at a stop sign. Stop signs are there because there are dead corners, the only way to see if there is oncoming traffic is to STOP and look.

Similar is true for Give Way, those are usually fine as you can see oncoming traffic before you reach the corner, but they are essentially like stop signs if you have a car in front of you: if you are looking for oncoming traffic, chances are the guy in front will break and you will hit him.

^^I've had that happen to me once. Guy behind me was too busy checking out the highway, and didn't realise I had stopped. His radiator ended up getting pierced by my toll bar, ~$3k damage to the front of his car, $0 to me.

[Special At Specialist]

I got through L's fine, but I had a crash 2 months after I got my P plates. It really teaches you to look twice when entering a roundabout...

[Charmz]

I've never had an accident even though I am a terrible driver.

[DJing]

Not a crash but in my first time driving I drove around a roundabout the wrong way around because I panicked with turning :/ luckily no one was coming from the other side

LOL yeah I drove over a few roundabouts my first time

First time driving saw a couple of friends walking past, thought it i would wave to them (noob mistake) whilst not paying any attention to the road, dont know how but i managed to avoid hitting a tree. 

^lol yep, done that too

I'm really not sounding like a safe driver atm 

[alondouek]

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Shitty website, good driving teacher.

[Tonychet2]

lol funny story
my mum bought a new car and i went to test drive it and then i crashed it 3 days after she got it...rammed some guys ass on a redlight
15k worth of damage on the insurance bill and had to pay out 2k for the premium FML

[Charmz]

Actually, there was this one incident, not so much an accident. I was in NSW (I live on the border) and I was driving 110km/h because that was the limit, and a cop pulled me over. I was freaking scared and turns out L platers are not allowed to go over 80km/h in NSW. I was really concerned because I hadn't changed my address on my license but luckily he gave me a caution for the speeding and let me off because I didn't know. And when he was doing a breath test, I knew I didn't have alcohol but I kept thinking what if the breathalyser was screwed up.

[Mr Keshy]

Actually, there was this one incident, not so much an accident. I was in NSW (I live on the border) and I was driving 110km/h because that was the limit, and a cop pulled me over. I was freaking scared and turns out L platers are not allowed to go over 80km/h in NSW. I was really concerned because I hadn't changed my address on my license but luckily he gave me a caution for the speeding and let me off because I didn't know. And when he was doing a breath test, I knew I didn't have alcohol but I kept thinking what if the breathalyser was screwed up.

The breathalyser is always scary, even as a passenger I get scared...