mark and rama

My wife Is a great driver and intends to take her practical test in the next couple of months pending her theory test.
Here lies the problem, the theory test now comes in two parts questions and observation. She past the questios 100%
but for some reason failed the observation test badly and feels she never can as she tried her hardest.
How does the driving test system operate in aus

Jaj

What country does she have her driving licence from and which state
are you planning to live in?

Jeremy

    >On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 17:20:53 +0000, mark and rama wrote:
    >My wife Is a great driver and intends to take her practical test in the
    >next couple of months pending her theory test.
    >Here lies the problem, the theory test now comes in two parts questions
    >and observation. She past the questios 100%
    >but for some reason failed the observation test badly and feels she
    >never can as she tried her hardest.
    >How does the driving test system operate in aus
    >--
    >Posted via http://britishexpats.com

This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction

Stan J

First up it might vary in each State of Australia but in Queensland, as a migrant, you are expected to obtain a Qld Drivers Licence, to drive in Queensland.

In my case it was a matter of presenting the UK licence and taking a thirty question multi-choice test on Queensland Road Rules, (much like the hioghway code); they also ask you to read off an Optician's eye chart ... you know read the next to bottom line. I think the passmark was 25 out of 30.

The UK licence was stamped 'Not Valid in Qld'.

Hope that info is current.

The crazy thing is a UK holiday maker can hire a car from Avis, Hertz or whoever and drive without taking the test and without realizing the idiosyncharisies of Qld driving ... like do not park with the driver's seat next to the kerb (ie park only in the direction of traffic flow)

Reesy

I'll be taking my driving test in Melbourne, what do thet test you on? Have
my licence from Singapore.
Thanks

"JAJ" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > What country does she have her driving licence from and which state
    > are you planning to live in?
    > Jeremy
    > >On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 17:20:53 +0000, mark and rama
wrote:
    > >
    > >My wife Is a great driver and intends to take her practical test in the
    > >next couple of months pending her theory test.
    > >Here lies the problem, the theory test now comes in two parts questions
    > >and observation. She past the questios 100%
    > >but for some reason failed the observation test badly and feels she
    > >never can as she tried her hardest.
    > >How does the driving test system operate in aus
    > >
    > >--
    > >Posted via http://britishexpats.com
    > This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction

Tom Clasener

On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 09:14:34 +0800, "Reesy"
wrote:

    >I'll be taking my driving test in Melbourne, what do thet test you on? Have
    >my licence from Singapore.
    >Thanks

Better learn how to do a hook turn!

Tom




You can't win.
You can't break even.
You can't stop playing the game.

Jay

Do you know what the consequences are if you fail the eye test.
Obviousley the will not let you drive....but will the give you a
licence once you get glasses or do you have to start with an aussie
prov and do the full test.

I am probably on the verge of not reading the bottom but one line on
the chart. My UK optician says that the legal minimum in the UK is the
third line up which I can do fine.

I am wondering if to get glasses whilst I am here. But if all you got
to do is pass the eye test again (with no other consequences), I might
wait and see.

Jason


Stan J wrote in message news:...
    > First up it might vary in each State of Australia but in Queensland, as
    > a migrant, you are expected to obtain a Qld Drivers Licence, to drive in
    > Queensland.
    >
    > In my case it was a matter of presenting the UK licence and taking a
    > thirty question multi-choice test on Queensland Road Rules, (much like
    > the hioghway code); they also ask you to read off an Optician's eye
    > chart ... you know read the next to bottom line. I think the passmark
    > was 25 out of 30.
    >
    > The UK licence was stamped 'Not Valid in Qld'.
    >
    > Hope that info is current.
    >
    > The crazy thing is a UK holiday maker can hire a car from Avis, Hertz or
    > whoever and drive without taking the test and without realizing the
    > idiosyncharisies of Qld driving ... like do not park with the driver's
    > seat next to the kerb (ie park only in the direction of traffic flow)

mark and rama

My wife and I plan to settle in WA, and she will still probably still have her provisional licence at this rate when we arrive.
Well it sounds a lot more laid back than the british system.

Ta!

tinaj

Stan

I agree, we hired a car and got a $80 parking ticket for parking head into a bay instead of rear first!!

I was bl***y furious, but what can you do. They should at least give you a list of these things when you hire the car.
We had to pay it, along with a $200 speeding ticket that we got, we didn't want it held against us when we get the Visa.

Tina

mashiraz

We were stopped for speeding (which was really harsh actually) but as we were just on holiday he let us get away with it, thankfully.....he then gave us a lecture about kangaroos at dusk so I spent the next hour clinging to the wheel driving vvvvveeeerrrryyy slowly!!!


Mash...

Stan J

When you are driving along the Bruce at 'approximately' 110km/hr overtaking the other guy (somewhere between Rocky and Mackay) and ... byoing ... byoing ... byoing ..... that was a 'roo a split second away from a road casualty ... you start to know why Australia is the lucky country!

Jason,

If your vision is even borderline do yourself a favour and get it sorted. (I might be wrong by saying the next to bottom line ... can't recall exactly).

Karl Johnson

If she only has a UK provisional licence, which is before passing your full
test, it is not the same as an Australian provisional licence - which is
after full licencing for a set period. Therefore, she is likely to have to
do the full tests. Also. if I remember correctly, you need to have held
your UK licence for a period (somone please correct me if I'm wrong) to
aviod the full test procedures

Jean

Stan J wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > When you are driving along the Bruce at 'approximately' 110km/hr
    > overtaking the other guy (somewhere between Rocky and Mackay) and ...
    > byoing ... byoing ... byoing ..... that was a 'roo a split second
    > away from a road casualty ... you start to know why Australia is the
    > lucky country!
    > Jason,
    > If your vision is even borderline do yourself a favour and get it
    > sorted. (I might be wrong by saying the next to bottom line ... can't
    > recall exactly).
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

pott

Does anyone know if it would matter that I have not had my N.Ireland licence changed. When I moved to England I never bothered so it has old address and name on it ?

Pott

Hills

tinaj wrote:

    > Stan
    > I agree, we hired a car and got a $80 parking ticket for parking head
    > into a bay instead of rear first!!
    > I was bl***y furious, but what can you do. They should at least give you
    > a list of these things when you hire the car.
    > We had to pay it, along with a $200 speeding ticket that we got, we
    > didn't want it held against us when we get the Visa.
    > Tina

Agreed.
When we hired a car at Heathrow in April 02, we got nothing but the keys...
When I asked the guy for a map, he handed me a A3 size map of the entire
island.
What I actually needed was a map of Heathrow - i.e. how to get OUT of the
bloody place and onto a motorway! The carpark attendant told us to 'turn
right as you leave the carpark'. We drove round for a while before finding
a sign pointing us towards the motorway.

I had to keep asking my hubby 'what does that sign mean' and 'what's the
speed limit on motorways' etc. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to help much of
the time, having never driven whilst living in the UK. Luckily, we didn't
meet up with any police during the trip.
LJ

Hills

Tony Bryer wrote:

    > In article ,
    > Thunder Ace wrote:
    > > You have a strange way of doing things. I can't understand
    > > why you wanted a map to get out of the car park, but did not
    > > have any need of a road map after that.
    > Because escaping from Heathrow is ten times harder than
    > finding your way round the rest of the UK of course. It's
    > probably why asylum seekers come in by sea or through the
    > tunnel!
    > --
    > Tony Bryer

Thanks Tony!
Yeah, no directions signs from the rental car park, over in the middle
of nowhere, and there was the slight problem of geographic awareness -
the relatives had sent a map of how to get from the motorway to their
house, but I had no idea of where the motorway was in relation to
Heathrow (ie N, S, E, W).

And Thunder Ace, be careful navigating by road signs in Australia -
they're awful, (often misleading, even if there *are* signs) which is
why I've learnt not to go anywhere without a street directory or maps!
LJ

Thunder Ace

Hills wrote in message news:...
    > tinaj wrote:
    >
    > > Stan
    > >
    > > I agree, we hired a car and got a $80 parking ticket for parking head
    > > into a bay instead of rear first!!
    > >
    > > I was bl***y furious, but what can you do. They should at least give you
    > > a list of these things when you hire the car.
    > > We had to pay it, along with a $200 speeding ticket that we got, we
    > > didn't want it held against us when we get the Visa.
    > >
    > > Tina
    >
    > Agreed.
    > When we hired a car at Heathrow in April 02, we got nothing but the keys...
    > When I asked the guy for a map, he handed me a A3 size map of the entire
    > island.
    > What I actually needed was a map of Heathrow - i.e. how to get OUT of the
    > bloody place and onto a motorway! The carpark attendant told us to 'turn
    > right as you leave the carpark'. We drove round for a while before finding
    > a sign pointing us towards the motorway.
    >
    > I had to keep asking my hubby 'what does that sign mean' and 'what's the
    > speed limit on motorways' etc. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to help much of
    > the time, having never driven whilst living in the UK. Luckily, we didn't
    > meet up with any police during the trip.
    > LJ

You have a strange way of doing things. I can't understand why you
wanted a map to get out of the car park, but did not have any need of
a road map after that.
As a general tip, to get out of a car park, you follow the exit signs.
Then, to get on the motorway, you follow the signs for the motorway. I
tried it in Oz and it works just as well over there, except you look
for the highway instead of the motorway of course.