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White Car Driver
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Melbourne
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G'day guys.
I have a question related to my driving licence when moving from NSW to Vic. The Vicroads website says that you have to be 18 years of age to apply for a licence. At the time of my moving, I will be only 17, but on my P1 licence in NSW. It also says that you can only drive around for 3 months before you must change it. After three months I will still not be old enough, meaning I would have to hand the Ps in for a set of Ls again. If I were to leave my registered address as a NSW one (meaning I would have to vote in NSW etc) whether I could keep my licence on the basis that I am on a 1 year "holiday" (one in which I find a job, perhaps take up a TAFE course etc) and then change it all around when I turn 18? Also, the rego for the car runs out in May, so would I have to hold a Victorian licence to register it with a Vic plate, or would I have to redo it in NSW? (Even though you can supposedly only have it on for 3 months - I know people that have done it for 8 months+ no worries). Cheers for any advice you can give me. Of course the advice "Don't move", whilst it is appealing, is not an option. :P |
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Can't go around corners
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Radelaide
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Why would you want to move to victoria? why not go north to queensland?
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Bendigo, Victoria
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Nah mate ... it ain't all it's cracked up to being .... come down to Vic ... you'll have more fun ![]() Am pretty sure that they will just change you over to P1 ..... will make a call for you tomorrow if you like .... but yeah ..... should be all good. They recognise other states licencing .... when I changed over from Qld to Vic ...was a straight swap and no cost ... but am well and truely on opens ... hahaha!
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Melbourne
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Bendigo, Victoria
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sorry mate, the link didn't work
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White Car Driver
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Melbourne
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I meant this one: http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/...rsLicences.htm |
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Bendigo, Victoria
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yeah, weird! Will follow up for you tomorrow.
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AusMotorsport
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Melbourne
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Look forward to cheaper rego (our 3rd party compulsory is much cheaper in Vic), no forced yearly roadworthies for 3+ year old cars (just random checks and RW on sale) and twice as many speeding fines!
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White Car Driver
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Melbourne
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Haha yeah there certainly are plenty of Family Photo opportunities down there in Vic! I'll just have to learn to control myself.
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Keep your NSW licence because it will exempt you from demerit points accrued in Victoria and it will allow you to keep driving. As long as you're sensible, anything under 3 or 4 points will not be reported or recorded, despite literature stating that it can. You can also hold a car registered in Victoria with a NSW licence, so register your car in Victoria and change the garaged address to your Vic address. So hand in your NSW plates to Vicroads before hand and just transfer it over. Any other q's, just shoot. |
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White Car Driver
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Melbourne
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Having a NSW licence but driving a Vic car, would I use the NSW (red on white) or Vic (white on red) P Plates? Thanks |
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Bendigo, Victoria
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Shounak has answered the question just as it was given to me from Vic Roads staffer today .... can't add any more really.
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However, you would face the speed restrictions imposed by your NSW licence. Although most Vic Cops would have no idea about that and you will have Vic plates, which will not attract undue attention. Even though it's technically not allowed, I would suggest putting up Vic P plates. You're going into the nitty gritty of legislation here and it will keep you out of trouble. |
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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They cannot book you for doing the Victorian sped limit for P Platers. There is no legislation covering the 90km/h thing in Victoria, so if there is no legislation/law you can't break it.
I have had heaps and heaps of arguments with people on here about this, but I am right. Shounak is absolutely spot on with his information BTW.
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Another interesting question would be on motorbikes. In Victoria, motorbike restrictions are based on cc's. You can't ride anything bigger than 260cc. But NSW restrictions are based on Power to weight and an approved list of bikes. If you were riding a powerful bike with a Victorian licence, you're not breaching any NSW laws because you're not held to Power to weight. You're only breaking Vic laws, however there isn't any NSW legislation outlawing riding over 260cc. I wonder what would happen. |
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SE, Melbourne
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go north. vic sucks. i know, i live here =(
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If you don't believe me, go and ask a Traffic Police person.
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So it sounds to me that I'll be fine just as long as I obey the rules of Victoria, and that having Vic Ps and number plate won't really matter, especially if I'm just "borrowing a mates car..."? |
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On another note, interstate plates are known to be cop bait. My uncle in the army who was always travelling interstate said that the interstate car would always be the first to get nabbed. I was travelling with a whole bunch of cars all going 125kmh in a 110 zone, but because I had Vic plates and P plates, I was the one who got pulled over. |
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Sydney
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Sometimes i see a group of Harley bikers about 30 of them and there is a few
P plates on them all doing 120km/h in a 110km/h zone, the cops did not even pull them over at all they just follow them for a distance and back off. So traveling in a group does help as well esp with Harley's bikes & the leather jackets. |
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