Learner Driver Plate vs Permit Plate

Berty

Our Learner drivers(Permit Drivers) still drive around with L Plates.

Why are we still allowing the system to accomodate an L Plate considering there is no such thing, legally, as a Learner Driver.

Should it not be a Permit Driver Plate?

Yawns

Is it not a learning permit that they require? Therefore an L plate would do.

corktina

theres plenty still around here on L plates (unaccompanied), a printer would make a fortune if they were all swapped for P plates!

Berty

corktina wrote: »

a printer would make a fortune if they were all swapped for P plates!

They are not going to become a millionare overnight anyway. I used to sell twin packs of L plates a few years back for .50c per pack(cost price).

TestTransmission

corktina wrote: »

theres plenty still around here on L plates (unaccompanied), a printer would make a fortune if they were all swapped for P plates!

The P plates are sold in Tesco for some reason

Wossack

used to be called provisional license, now called a learner permit

if anything, the L is even more apt now

Max Power1

Wossack wrote: »

used to be called provisional license, now called a learner permit

if anything, the L is even more apt now

+1 (lol)


why not worry about clamping down on the unacompanied learners rather than what stickers the complying ones wear?

Berty

Max Power1 wrote: »

why not worry about clamping down on the unacompanied learners rather than what stickers the complying ones wear?

Because Im not working in traffic corps.

Max Power1

Berty wrote: »

Because Im not working in traffic corps.

well then why suggest the idea (regarding permit v provisional licence) in the OP then??
:P

Berty

Max Power1 wrote: »

well then why suggest the idea in the OP then??
:P

Max Power1 wrote: »

why not worry about clamping down on the unacompanied learners rather than what stickers the complying ones wear?

Max Power asked if I should worry about clamping down on the unacompanied learners instead to which I replied Im not in traffic corps.

How would I answer a question in the OP if I was only asked the question later on?

Berty

Okay peeps. The language barrier answers it.

Learner Permit. Duh'

I just think the fact is that most people assume the L plate gives them the right to wander in traffic unacompanied cutting out, cutting roundabouts, making dangerous mistakes spouting "How will I learn if I cannot drive".

Change the plate on the window and people will be forced(possibly or hopefully) to understand they dont have a right to drive and the Gardai should then spot the green plate more quickly than the stupid L plate.

rubensni

Berty wrote: »

I just think the fact is that most people assume the L plate gives them the right to wander in traffic unacompanied cutting out, cutting roundabouts, making dangerous mistakes spouting "How will I learn if I cannot drive".

Change the plate on the window and people will be forced(possibly or hopefully) to understand they dont have a right to drive and the Gardai should then spot the green plate more quickly than the stupid L plate.

Well, *scratches head* how will the guards spot the green plate easier? I know they let colour blind people in to the force now, but I didn't know it was that big a problem.

neilthefunkeone

Hey at least with the P most people will stick it the right way around in their windows... I hope!!!

Wossack

neilthefunkeone wrote: »

Hey at least with the P most people will stick it the right way around in their windows... I hope!!!

I'd say we'll end up with a good proportion of 'b' and 'q' drivers alright :pac:

Eric Cartman

TestTransmission wrote: »

The P plates are sold in Tesco for some reason

so are GB stickers , they have a box in maynooth and im tempted to buy them and put them on all the border county cars in the college, we all know how nationalist they are

slimjimmc

Berty wrote: »

Okay peeps. The language barrier answers it.

Learner Permit. Duh'

I just think the fact is that most people assume the L plate gives them the right to wander in traffic unacompanied cutting out, cutting roundabouts, making dangerous mistakes spouting "How will I learn if I cannot drive".

Change the plate on the window and people will be forced(possibly or hopefully) to understand they dont have a right to drive and the Gardai should then spot the green plate more quickly than the stupid L plate.

If they can't understand that "L" means Learner then perhaps they might think "P" stands for permitted to drive!

Due to some sort of survival instinct (since red is the colour of blood) the human brain is hardwired to recognise red a lot quicker than any other colour. That's why anything dangerous (including learners ) has a red warning attached.

GalwayKiefer

slimjimmc wrote: »

Due to some sort of survival instinct (since red is the colour of blood) the human brain is hardwired to recognise red a lot quicker than any other colour. That's why anything dangerous (including learners ) has a red warning attached.

Same reason the military police have red berets! :-p

Somewhere far down the list of things I feel the traffic corps should step up enforcement of is the people who cut off the white backing of the L plate and then either slap the L onto the body work (if it's a red car) or else use it to spell out "Loonatic"

bmw535d

slimjimmc wrote: »

If they can't understand that "L" means Learner then perhaps they might think "P" stands for permitted to drive!

Due to some sort of survival instinct (since red is the colour of blood) the human brain is hardwired to recognise red a lot quicker than any other colour. That's why anything dangerous (including learners ) has a red warning attached.

actually our eyes are more sensitive to green than any other color

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eyesensitivity.png

Guy:Incognito

Berty wrote: »

They are not going to become a millionare overnight anyway. I used to sell twin packs of L plates a few years back for .50c per pack(cost price).

Economics fail.

Of course you'll never get rich sell at cost.:)


It hasnt been a good day for Berty authored threads, hopefully the next one will be a winner and get us back on track.:D

slimjimmc

bmw535d wrote: »

actually our eyes are more sensitive to green than any other color

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eyesensitivity.png

Yes, but it's what the brain associates with a colour that's important. The eye has a wide field of view but the brain still filters out the unimportant stuff so we're unconscious to a lot of what we see. Likewise the brain associates different meanings/emotions/connotations with different colours. Historically red is associated with danger and agression and therefore the brain reacts differently (a small amount of blood is often perceived as a lot more). In modern society we have been trained to associate red with stop/danger and green with go/safe.

robbie_998

Wossack wrote: »

I'd say we'll end up with a good proportion of 'b' and 'q' drivers alright :pac:

that would save B&Q a whole advertising campaign !!!