Last week the driving examiner rejected my VW Golf for testing my daughter as he could not see the speedometer from the front passenger side.
Can any one suggest a car that is acceptable to VIC roads for driving test.
Acceptable Car for Victorian Driving Test
Brisco on 19/07/2016 - 08:38
Last edited 19/07/2016 - 08:49 by 1 other user
Last edited 19/07/2016 - 08:49 by 1 other user
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Are they really more accurate?
I'm honestly not sure, just from personal observation.
Is vehicle with lots of sensors and camera and self-parking feature, adaptive cruise control allowed?
If yes, what about vehicle, that secretly, remotely operated (like a drone)?
If yes, then what about a driverless vehicle?Honest experience, my car is fitted with lots of sensors and cameras, when I went overseas we hire a cheap car with no sensors. I hit the pole as soon as I get out the car park. Lucky I have excess reduction.
Haha. At least you're honest.
Thanks. I imagined that in most recent models, if not all, speedo will not be visible from the passenger seat.
just book a driving school for the exam and use their car
That's what I am planning to do
that really sucks. can it be seen from the rear?
A nice testing officer will sit at the back if so.A Mini with the speedo in the centre of the dash.
Also tester may have thought the VW may give bogus readings.
Everything about VW is suspicious now
They can't sit at the back because technically she is "L" plater and the licence holder should sit in the front passenger seat.
They can if the Learner driver goes through a driving school as the instructor will be the one sitting beside the Learner driver and the VicRoads officer can sit at the back
Thanks everyone. I will book a driving school and go with it.
I didn't even know they had an "Acceptable Car" thingy - I would've just assumed that it would be any roadworthy car.
Well, guess I learn something new every day!
Go through a driving school. Where I live (QLD) people have almost no chance of passing a driving test if they use their own car. Needs to be a driving school car. The driving instructors know the area and how the testing is done in the area (what to watch out for, where people fail) so it is good to have the driving instructors advice before the test too.
^This. While you may be confident, a driving instructor who knows the area is worth their weight in gold.
When you book a test, find office that is very remote and very quiet and very light traffic, have a test on off-peak hour.
Even if you have to travel hours to go there, it's so much easier when there are so few cars.
went for drive test 2 yrs back and my car was ford falcon 2000. Cleared test without any drama. This was in Victoria.
those were back in the days =p
There's plenty of cars out there where the passenger can view the speedometer. See if your daughter can borrow her friends cars that was used to pass their test.
Creative ideas are a relative, family friend, neighbour, a mechanics complimentary car, used car test drive. Ensure the vehicle's insurance policy covers drivers under 18 years!
Look for older cars (~10 years) that have dashboards without any oyster shaped gauges and hoods.
Worst comes to worse buy your daughter her dream motorcycle. The instructors do not need to sit on the bike and read speed gauges.
My car comes with an electronic parking brake and it was rejected too. In the end I went with a driving school. Spent more money but it was worth it. The driving instructor came equipped with knowledge about the local area, where people usually gone wrong and which area are risk area. You also felt more confident that the instructor sitting beside you instead of the examiner.
"have a working primary speedometer (as fitted by the manufacturer). The entire speedometer must be easily visible to the testing officer from the front and rear passenger seat. A supplementary display unit, excluding one that is GPS based can be used."
You could get around this one by setting up a video conference between two mobile phones with one phone's camera looking at the speedo and the video on the second phone mounted in a holder attached to the windscreen showing the live video feed of the physical speedometer (not GPS based). That would really screw with their heads.
thats genius, this should be allowed
I had exactly the same thing happen to my son with the Golf. I found it very strange as many parents like us buy that car specifically for their children, and pay a premium to do so, as it is regarded safe. We found an instructor with the same car for him to undertake the test. I think this is important in a test drive situation, do not ask your daughter to do it in an unfamiliar car. The controls could even be reversed. If, as you stated you will do this, also get 1 hour extra for the instructor to take your daughter around the local area. Totally agree with Violetmay on this. Also in Victoria a P plater needs an exemption from Vic Roads to drive a Golf due to the Turbo drive. We found out the hard way when my son was stopped by police, given an infringement notice and instructed to not even drive it home. He was very upset. The exemption seemed to be a formality as there was not even space on the form for a reason for the request, which made the whole business even more ridiculous. Good luck.
Wow, I thought that sounded a bit crazy, but it does specify that under their guidelines. https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/licences/your-ps/get-your-ps… I was going to suggest using a GPS and sticking it on the front window, I usually find my GPS more accurate than my speedo anyway, but looks like that is excluded as well. I did suggest a car but I think I may be wrong about that. I will let the ozbargain experts comment on that, wishing you daughter good luck!