Provisional Driving Test

[Guest jimmyd17]

hey ppls,

im from victoria and will be shortly moving to adelaide. i'll be doing my provisional practical driving test. i have done my P's test in victoria, but due to a disqualification, i had to regain my L's here which is a bit of a joke, but anyway. i rang up mitcham driving school and went to book in. i was told i should book some lessons in case things are done differently in SA to VIC and that its fairly strict getting ur P's in SA... the P's test in VIC was rediculously easy in my opinion.. i worked as a courier fo 2 years and did over 100,000kms of driving, not including over 200 hours on my L's before that.. so i wouldnt say im an inexperienced driver at all.. is it necissary to get lessons for techinical points because i just cant justify spending an extra 50 bux on 'learning' how to drive... whats involved in the test itself.. might be a silly question but im just looking for some advice on the actual process of the test in SA so i know what to expect..

thanks,

James

[Guest jimmyd17]

lol, no one done their P's test in SA? help, just asking how it works and what u have to do, thanks again. :headspin:

[hippy]

i havne't done it for years ... so no help here

[Bl4cK32]

geet your learner permit first, then do a driving test, or the log book method. If you do the test, make sure you know 100% how to drive by the rules.....ie get and read the book for SA cos we got some fu

[Guest jimmyd17]

lol, ok thanks for that.. yeh i reckon theres some pretty stupid laws in VIC too... in victoria the learners written test is harder than the whole P's test, and the learners test in VIC is easier than the SA learners. so just wondering if the P's test is actually so strict in SA, or is it a piece of piss like VIC?

[Steve]

I was under the impression that road laws had been nationalised????

Then again this is SA...

Hang on, you were a courier driver? You will definately have to learn the road rules then, probably back to basics for you:P Sorry just couldnt help that one:)

[Guest jimmyd17]

hehehe LOL

[timbar32]

The test isn't hard if you know the road rules.

[Cubes]

Bad habbits are a killer.

Get your L's. (Sample tests here) http://www.raa.net/page.asp?TerID=192

Do the above link several times as every time you do it you get different examples.

If you get any give ways wrong you will instantly fail.

Then you can only get 11 (I think) out of 40 wrong.

I'm willing to put money on it that you will fail the multiple choice section.

Then do the test. You won't need a driving lesson. Just make sure you know the rules.

EDIT: Looks like you already have your L's here in SA.

[Guest jimmyd17]

hey, yep... i passed the L's in SA on tuesday first pop, 39 out of 42 for multiple choice ... how on earth would u know i already got my L's in SA? - LOL. thanks for that Joel... i'll be booking the driving test for P's in a week or so hopefully so i won't bother with any lessons. now i'm a bit clearer of how the test works cheers

-James

[Cubes]

I knew you already had your L's by re-reading your first post.

[Bl4cK32]

yeah, thanks Joel. I can get my licence now

[Guest jimmyd17]

I knew you already had your L's by re-reading your first post.

ohhh lol, yeh i see now. u had me baffled for a sec

[Cubes]

How did you go with the RAA test Darren? Honestly

[Bl4cK32]

32 out of 40....:bananaman