P Plate restrictions in Melbourne?

[rbk_212]

hey guys i cant work out whether replacing my headers is illegal under the new laws. the guys at the exhaust place said they weren't but some people are saying they are. is anyone sure 100%?

[FASN8U]

mate ,if it increases the power/performance in any way its an illegal modifacation for p platers. put it this way , even having a pod filter is classified as a performance mod and youl most likely get diked and fined and even loose points if your busted.

[vinnY]

exhaust guys just want your money

if it's anything like nsw, any sort of mod for performance isn't allowed for provisional license holders
i.e. i/h/e mods, boost, engine swaps, etc

[AE092]

does this apply to P plates in general or just for new P plater's (i.e red p-plates and not greenies)

Either way, i think alot of P platers would get bent over

[[NAV]]

if you got your p plates after july 07 it applies to you.. but i think you could get away with having headers...

[sassy_fit_vtit]

http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/Licensing/TypesOfLicences/CarProbationaryLicence.htm

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Call them just to be sure

[danielj]

http://www.arrivealive.vic.gov.au/node/199

http://www.arrivealive.vic.gov.au/node/197

[FASN8U]

http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/Licensing/TypesOfLicences/CarProbationaryLicence.htm

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Call them just to be sure

vicroads are hopeless , you call up and just the operators theory on the laws . i rang em and they said i cant drive a v6 commodore lol retards.

your best bet is to ring the cop station try get in touch with a highway patrol officer. its pretty black and white from there on.

in response to someone saying you can have mods on old p's , i have to disagree. old p platers can drive SOME certain types of V8 , turbo etc that fall under power to weight ratio. (for egsample - toyota land rover v8 = yes for some p platers .vy SS commodore = no.) but old p platers still a barred from having any performance enhancing modifacations.

hope that helps man

[rbk_212]

hey guys thanks for all the responses and advice

i think it comes down to cops are out to screw you, so yeah unfortunate...but theres always stealth mods lol

[JDM.Power]

herd, vic got the 125kw per tone law.

in nsw p platers can still modify their cars
putting a legal exhaust which is under the limit of the db off whatever and air filter with and enclosed airbox

[FASN8U]

herd, vic got the 125kw per tone law.


yerp , we did.

nobody does modified cars like victorians and nobody does over modified cars like victorian police

[rbk_212]

yeah these new laws make no sense at all, the old power to weight ratio was so much simpler and was logical.

try this, under the new laws i can technically drive an s2k or NSX but i cant put a CAI on my civic...





what the?

[FASN8U]

thers afew 6 cylender cars you cant drive amd actualy the NSX is one of the few listed along with certain z3's and afew others. its farked

[rbk_212]

thers afew 6 cylender cars you cant drive amd actualy the NSX is one of the few listed along with certain z3's and afew others. its farked

i thought the NSX wasnt on there? i read only Porsches etc

[AsH_]

wat does green p's mean?

[i_s2_honda]

the reason why they changes the power to weight ratio rule is because there is absolutely no way to test power to weight ratio out on the streets.... victoria police don't have the resources to test such data out on the street.... so they took the budget option and banned specific cars from P platers.... as long as your car is not turbo, superchaged, V8 or over 3.5 Litres your safe

[JMSBND]

The way I read those new laws, an S2000 is legal if left stock? Plenty of nice quick N/a 4 Cyl to choose from. Pitty young guys/girls can't mod them to give it the personal touch!

I am 32, and I am glad I didn't have to put up with the government deciding for me what I should drive. It sh!ts me that most accidents I see down on the penninsula in VIC are just normal people, and high performance cars with young people at the wheel actually account for stuff all fatalities on the road.

We want you to stop drinking- put up alchohol prices = more govt $$$$$
We want you to stop smoking- put up smoke prices = more govt $$$$$
We want you to use less energy- put up utility prices = more govt $$$$$
We want less accidents- we choose what you can drive- if not you are fined = more govt $$$$$
We want you to save water- use less, cause we wont build another dam! and we can charge more for it too = more govt $$$$$

What they can't tax they put a fines system in place to gain $$$$$

See a pattern? They don't want to give you a solution, they are too busy being part of the problem and lining their pockets all the way.

/ENd RANT!!!

[FASN8U]

wat does green p's mean?

in vic

current p platers have been mooved on to green p's.
the green p's system affects people who get there liscence from now on. now when you go for you p's you get RED p's which you hold for one year provided you dont have any serious driving ofenses. then you graduate to GREEN p's, you hold the green p's for 3 years now provided you dont loose ur liscene etc etc. basicly you are a p plater for 4 years now (load of sh1t) and you only have 5 demerit points through having ur p's.

hope that clears it up for you

[rbk_212]

The way I read those new laws, an S2000 is legal if left stock? Plenty of nice quick N/a 4 Cyl to choose from. Pitty young guys/girls can't mod them to give it the personal touch!

I am 32, and I am glad I didn't have to put up with the government deciding for me what I should drive. It sh!ts me that most accidents I see down on the penninsula in VIC are just normal people, and high performance cars with young people at the wheel actually account for stuff all fatalities on the road.

We want you to stop drinking- put up alchohol prices = more govt $$$$$
We want you to stop smoking- put up smoke prices = more govt $$$$$
We want you to use less energy- put up utility prices = more govt $$$$$
We want less accidents- we choose what you can drive- if not you are fined = more govt $$$$$
We want you to save water- use less, cause we wont build another dam! and we can charge more for it too = more govt $$$$$

What they can't tax they put a fines system in place to gain $$$$$

See a pattern? They don't want to give you a solution, they are too busy being part of the problem and lining their pockets all the way.

/ENd RANT!!!



AMEN brother

[uniorj]

in vic

current p platers have been mooved on to green p's.
the green p's system affects people who get there liscence from now on. now when you go for you p's you get RED p's which you hold for one year provided you dont have any serious driving ofenses. then you graduate to GREEN p's, you hold the green p's for 3 years now provided you dont loose ur liscene etc etc. basicly you are a p plater for 4 years now (load of sh1t) and you only have 5 demerit points through having ur p's.

hope that clears it up for you

has it changed to 3 years on green P's? or is that in vic?

[FASN8U]

red p's one year (one passenger restriction)
3 years green