We all understand what the RTA is trying to do with P plater's and turbo cars. What I can't get at the moment is yes restrict high performance cars to people with little road experience but let them drive turbo diesel's as they don't have as much power. I can't think of any of the top of my head but there are some turbo diesel's that put out some decent / outstanding power. We should be saying yes you can drive a car and here it is a 200b for your first 2 years. No power steering, no power brakes, no lsd, no anti lock brakes, sips, air bags, gps, driver aids nothing. That way they know when the tyres are loosing traction, know when they are over braking and gives them a true feel / feeedback from the drive. Interesting point was raised a while ago ( although it was on tv so it must be true ) was that the safest driver's on the road are the P platers as they remember all the road rules compared with drivers of verying ages.
Either that or those 6 beers are kickin in.