Flaws in the Law and  no order.

Yes,  you heard correctly!  I am breaking a road law almost every week. Me, a driving instructor, breaking a road law? This is why I’m asking for your opinion. What would you do in this case?

In South Australia students are allowed to learn in an automatic car - but still drive both auto and manual.

Almost weekly, people come to our driving school and want to simply learn to use the gears, and how to operate the clutch. Some are very slow learning this skill. Many stall on take-off. This is where my problem starts. Because these drivers have a full license, I am not supposed to display an L-plate, but I still do - against the law.

I do this to protect us from rear end collisions. If the 'learner' stalls those behind are less likely to crash into us. (They will will instead patiently wait - while reading my bumper sticker: God loves learner drivers).

Another instance, where the law is a trap is on a narrow country road with double centre lines. By law it is illegal to overtake over these lines. But what about a cyclist or very slow moving farm machinery? There ought to be an exemption, allowing to cross these lines at very slow speed.

One of the most crazy laws is the fact that drivers in South Australia are not allowed to use their mobile phone, even when stuck in traffic! How crazy, you are held up at a railway crossing or road works and it is illegal to make a quick call, telling the person waiting for you, that you are running late.

The law can only do so much. Common sense should still be allowed, in the interest of safety. But then, the law would loose it's power over us. A whole profession would loose their grip on those, who simply want to have the freedom to think for themselves.

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