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Okay so im taking my son for his first lesson with me, only had 1 before hand. Started off good but then we had a few drivers beeping because we were abit more cautious on the road. Now i mean do drivers know that they were learning once.

C'mon any of you one of those drivers that have no time for learners?
 
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They are bloody annoying.

He's only just starting out so you're doing him no favours letting him drive on busy roads. If you're in Melbourne why dont you just drive half an hour out of town and let him drive around on a quiet country road?
 

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^^ because then he won't get experience. Too many people lack patience in this world. I remember driving with my Mum, had been on my L's for 7 months and stalled it taking off from the lights. Had some moron beep me! WTF?

No one has patience anymore. (I'm just as guilty of not having it).
 
7 Months of driving and you were still stalling? Fail.

Quiet roads to begin with are the best idea IMO. Just to get a feel of driving a car at first. Once he is competent at controlling the car then hit busier roads.

I had some people beeping me as a Learner when I wasn't even doing anything wrong. Just idiots beeping a learner because he's a learner. Much like old people whinging about P-platers just because they're P platers.
 
Learner drivers are a pain (I was one 11 months ago - can't wait for May 7th), but they need to learn and we've all been there. Driving on quiet roads is all good and well, but eventually they have to try it with traffic and it's not always going to be easy. The first time I went on to the freeway (a virtually empty freeway at that), I kept veering left when I did a right-side head check, it absolutely freaked me out and I was too scared to go on it again for a couple of lessons.

I would never beep at a learner, I seriously don't understand why anyone would - as if they were perfect drivers from the get go.
 
Just take it easy for a start then ease them into it. I grew up in the country, so did majority of my learner driving in the country, but my parents got me driving lessons in the city while I was in boarding school, which IMO were invaluable, I wouldn't have passed my test without them. If you can afford them, get them for your kids, you only need a few if they are physically a good driver, but if not a few more might be required.

Onto the OP, d---heads will be d---heads, something you need to teach your kid. Don't worry about them, worry about what you are doing and what everyone is doing around you, not the idiots tooting and speeding around.
 
Yeah, he controls the car well its just the confidence with other drivers. He worries about the other drivers and if they are getting angry. Frustrates me alot.
 
I got my P's (P1's) on 1 March (at 22.5 years of age lol) after doing 3 years on my L's. I wish I did professional lessons at first rather than at the end as I had to be re-taught the correct skills. Get your son to do about 5 lessons with a professional driving instructor and then doing the middle stuff with you then finishing with professional lessons again. He probably shouldn't be on the main roads until he has done at least 10-15 hours in side/quiet streets. I started my learners in an industrial estate which was great to start off with.
 
Also as you live in Melbourne he will need to complete 120 log book hours too over at least 12 months, your son doesn't need to rush. You should get into contact with driving schools and book your son some lessons - it will help him heaps. My father taught me incorrectly (the standard is different now - even on how to steer the car correctly) and I had to re-taught the correct way of driving in order to pass the test.

Here in Queensland you need to complete 100 log book hours over at least 12 months (L's valid for three years), I completed 133 log book hours before I went for my first practical test but I failed my first go and got it on my second.
 
I consider it the responsibility of other road users to ensure learner drivers are exposed to the full gamut of perils one may encounter on roads. That includes beeping, verbal harassment, cutting off, projectiles, small arms fire etc. How else will learners learn to deal with these kinds of occurences if they are never exposed to them?
 

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People who beep me because I'm doing 80 with my L's clearly displayed shit me...it's not doing anything for my concentration or confidence, and unless you were a w***er who didn't obey the road rules, you had to do it once as well..
 
Doing 80 in a 100 zone? Driving slower than the speed limit is doing you no favours in learning. You should learn from the start to keep up with the speed of the traffic
 
^^ I don't know for sure but I think there are special conditions with speed limits for L and P platers. I learned to drive in Perth but went to QLD/NSW to my grandparents while on my Ps and wasn't allowed to go over 100km an hour. It even had it written on the plate.
 
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Doing 80 in a 100 zone? Driving slower than the speed limit is doing you no favours in learning. You should learn from the start to keep up with the speed of the traffic
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Agreed. Shouldn't be on the freeway if your doing 80 regardless IMO. Wait to you get some confidence then start to progress, doing 80 is putting yourself and others in grave danger.
 
Shibz is right, in NSW you can only drive 80 on your Ls, which is ridiculous and dangerous
 

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For one Learner's shouldn't be on the Freeway. The Fact they go 80 is a hazard when you are driving at the speed limit. The other day I was driving on a link road and a Learner decided to pull right in front of me even though I was clearly going past him. That is the danger they pose on the Freeways. Even on my red P's I didn't go on the Freeway as since I could only go 90 I would be a hazard.
 
Could be an omen that this thread is made but; I was driving to the train station before the game tonight. Firstly the car was turning right from a T section; it had its left indercator on. Secondly the learner was over 60 years old. Nothing against old people but I had my doubts. Thirdly they started to open doors randomly. Obviously first lesson was indicating and second lesson was shutting doors properly. Fourthly the "instructor" (if you could call him that) was constantly sticking his hand out and trying to stop cars from going past. At one point I suggested he get out and grab a lollipop sign as this just wasn't working ATM.

Fifthly the car finally got out only for it to again indicate the wrong way around a round-a-bout and turn right with it's left indercator on.

I personally feel that once you pass your L's test you should really have a closed session/lesson in a carpark with a licensed instructor. I had a drive with my old man shortly after getting my learners only for him to be mortified that I had no idea how to turn on a manual car (In reality why would I? ). After my lesson I banned him from "teaching" me as I was one a liability to myself and him but two a menace" of sorts to the the public on the road. I would love to see the number of crashes that come from a learner driver on their first drive. I had no idea how much to spin the wheel, press the brake or anything else related really....

BTW I only got my license about 5 months ago so I am of course an expert on everything to do with everything.
 

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