NEW P PLATE RULES
if you obtained your probationary licence after 1 July 2007.
From 1 July 2007, new restrictions on driving high powered vehicles will be introduced for probationary licence drivers who obtain their licence from 1 July 2007.
From this date a probationary licence holder will not be able to drive a vehicle if it has:
An engine of eight or more cylinders;
a turbocharged or supercharged engine (except diesel powered vehicles);
an engine that has been modified to increase its performance; and/or
any of the following high performance six cylinder vehicles as published in the Government Gazette:
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Vehicles which are excluded from these restrictions are:
Turbocharged or supercharged diesel powered vehicles (without engine performance modifications);
all models of the Smart car, produced by Mercedes Benz; and
the following vehicles with low powered turbocharged or supercharged engines as published in the Government Gazette:
if you obtained your probationary licence before 1 July 2007.
If you obtained your P plates on or before 30 June 2007, a high powered vehicle is considered to be any vehicle with a power to weight ratio over 125 kw per tonne, or with an engine capacity to weight ratio over 3.5 litres per tonne. This includes any make of car.
http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/...erVehicles.htm
hmm anyone know what to say to them :S
