Has anyone been ticket for breaching 70km/h learner restriction?

**Tony** · 30th June 2009, 17:20

Has anyone here ever been ticketed for breaching the 70Km/h learner restriction?

If so did you do anything else to annoy the police officer or break any other rule at the time?

I am keen to know if this rule is still being policed?

Many thanks in advance for your responses.

**Sammy12** · 30th June 2009, 17:25

Havent been stopped doing more than 70 yet

hehehe lol

**Dirty_Harri** · 30th June 2009, 17:36

Originally Posted by Sammy12

Havent been stopped doing more than 70 yet

hehehe lol

Neither...and I do it a lot

**Cheshire Cat** · 30th June 2009, 17:38

Never followed that rule....Never been pulled up.....yet

**Xsasinator** · 30th June 2009, 17:38

i been riding for about 6 months (time for me to go get my restricted) and have been going over the 70km limit, no L plate and after 10pm many a time for the last 5 months and 29 days - as long as you don't do anything that draws attention to yourself cops don't seem to mind, just don't do anything silly to draw attention to yourself, or crash.

**Supermac Jr** · 30th June 2009, 17:38

Yes! no, didn't do anything wrong (apart from going faster than 70). Did 98km/h on the motorway. $400

Oh and the cop was in a really bad mood - just the way the cookie crumbles... [I was a bit less 'understanding' at the time]

**Xsasinator** · 30th June 2009, 17:44

Originally Posted by Supermac Jr

Yes! no, didn't do anything wrong (apart from going faster than 70). Did 98km/h on the motorway. $400

Did you have your L plate on?

**Rosie** · 30th June 2009, 17:44

I am not aware of anyone getting a ticket for only exceeding the 70km/h rule. Generally people seem to get done for something else (no L plate, after 10.30pm, riding at 110+km/h etc), and the 70km/h thing gets tacked on with everything else.

There have been a number of threads about this over the years. If you do a search, you will get some more opinions on the matter.

**MattRSK** · 30th June 2009, 17:51

oh I think it's a law.

**Tony** · 1st July 2009, 19:54

Originally Posted by Supermac Jr

Yes! no, didn't do anything wrong (apart from going faster than 70). Did 98km/h on the motorway. $400

Oh and the cop was in a really bad mood - just the way the cookie crumbles... [I was a bit less 'understanding' at the time]

Can you tell us how long ago this incident was?

Also curious to know if you had your L-Plates on?

thanks in advance.

**Supermac Jr** · 8th July 2009, 12:56

Originally Posted by Tony

Can you tell us how long ago this incident was?

Also curious to know if you had your L-Plates on?

thanks in advance.

Happened middle of March close to Silverdale (Hazard county

)

Yes. Did have my l-plate on.

Best is... had to make the 'donation' about a week before I qualified to sit my restricted. Obviously have my 'R' now

**Lurch** · 8th July 2009, 13:20

I got done whilst riding in a safe manner doing 103km/h with my L-Plate on on the Wellington motorway north of Haywards hill.

I was polite to the female officer who was in a plain clothes car and she gave me a

about how I fell into the at-risk bracket for motorcycle age/bike/yadda yadda and even though she was wrong about this and I listened to her rant politely she still gave me a $400 dollar ticket and 25 demerits.

I have been driving for 15 years and have(had) a squeaky clean license.

She was a bitch for sure and must have been on the rag that week but still, it does happen. I never wore my L-plate again and never got pulled over again.

**The Stranger:Me** · 8th July 2009, 13:40

Originally Posted by Tony

Has anyone here ever been ticketed for breaching the 70Km/h learner restriction?

Skidmark

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

**Aaron_newrider** · 8th July 2009, 13:49

If I got a ticket going under 110kmph I wouldn't be able to stop myself abusing the cop *english accent* "Are you having a laugh?"

Probably throw it back at him to be honest, even the politicans are saying it's a dumb rule ffs.....

I have respect for intelligent police, and police who are reasonable but not the arseholes.