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10-25-2010, 09:05 PM
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#26 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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10-25-2010, 09:22 PM
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#27 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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wow things have changed a lot since the GLP was introduced. Luckily I was lucky to finish the whole GLP with the very first rules
written exam --->L, practice/wait 6 months; take N test---> drive with N for 1year with no passenger limit. Did all that around 17 and was able to take the car out for Grad Prom.
sucks for the kids now..oh wells
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10-25-2010, 09:26 PM
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#28 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by MWR34  Life was alot easier when I did my GLP.
When you turned 16, you could do your Written test, If you pass you get your Learners (L)
you then had 6 Months to practice ( shortened to 3 months if you went with a 30 Hour Driving School ).
At the 3 or 6 month period, you did a Road Test. If you passed you got your N.
Then the N was for 18 months with Zero Alcohol, and 2 passengers.
I got my Class 5 at 17year 9 months old. | LOL, I had my class 5 at 16. The good old days before N's. Thinking back I drove like a tool when I was that age, the restricted licence is a good thing.
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10-25-2010, 09:29 PM
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#29 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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they need a retest every 5 years for everyone imo.... then every 2 years for people over 70
i'm willing to sacrifice my convenience if it means a few dangerous idiots lose their license...
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10-25-2010, 09:34 PM
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#30 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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I remember when I got my licence they just changed the rule where instead of waiting 6 months before getting your N, you needed to wait a full year. I wanted to rage then even with the 6 month increase so I can't imagine how the kids these days would feel.
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10-25-2010, 09:37 PM
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#31 | | F**K YOUR HEAD
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Originally Posted by geeknerd where is the source?
i have heard this rumour for like 5 years now | +1 a bunch of my friends got their L's last year because they heard of this, I call  just because it feels like every year they say this, I don't disagree with it but still feels like unless theres a source to back it up.
2 yrs for N sounds reasonable, maybe take off 6 months from N to class 5 haha
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10-25-2010, 09:54 PM
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#32 | | Need my Daily Fix of RS
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Originally Posted by Anjew they need a retest every 5 years for everyone imo.... then every 2 years for people over 70
i'm willing to sacrifice my convenience if it means a few dangerous idiots lose their license... | i agree, seniors should be tested way more often cause there are so many health problems and reaction time is much slower than your average person.
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10-25-2010, 10:29 PM
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#33 | | I'm being watched.
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Good thing I've already finished with the GLP, already felt long enough with the 1 year then 2 year.
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10-25-2010, 10:34 PM
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#34 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by RevYouUp nah..they should just change it so that fobs and clais dont get them | fixed.
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10-26-2010, 12:30 AM
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#35 | | Banned (ABWS)
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I think they should revise the testing format.
a lot of ppl pass the road test due to luck of having the test at the right time. They probably can't pass it the second time.
30 mins is not really enough to judge someone's driving ability.
For example, if they didn't encounter any hard driving decisions during the test, then it's kinda unsafe to just pass that person.
for example, there should scenarios where they have to face a tail gater, or even a anxious driver on the road.
I remember for my test, a lady suddenly ran across the road nearly causing an accidents.
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10-26-2010, 12:39 AM
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#36 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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This is just one of the rumours that gets spread every year in high school.
Don't believe all this BS unless you actually see it on the icbc website.
Yet every year, there are people that actually fall for it.  | |
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10-26-2010, 12:47 AM
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#37 | | (╯°□°）╯聽不到 ╮(°□°╮)
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regardless, the worst are the kids who have their parents buy them a beater..
then they think it blows, cuz its crap..but at least have a car..
the same child might come out thinking that maybe if i thrash this beater, I will get a better car.
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10-26-2010, 12:57 AM
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#38 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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Originally Posted by darthchilli regardless, the worst are the kids who have their parents buy them a beater..
then they think it blows, cuz its crap..but at least have a car..
the same child might come out thinking that maybe if i thrash this beater, I will get a better car. | I think it's better to say that the worst are the kids who just don't deserve to be driving yet / aren't capable of accepting the responsibilities. It's entirely independent of what car they get, if they're an idiot, they'll fuck up one way or another.
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10-26-2010, 01:03 AM
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#39 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Never had an N. So glad.
But then again, I was driving at my cousins farm in Alberta at age 12.
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10-26-2010, 01:04 AM
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#40 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Now if only ICBC could do some more advanced driver tests for the FOB commercial drivers.
aka, all those people promiced a job even before they set foot into Canada through corrupt unions. Thats a different story.
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10-26-2010, 08:12 AM
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#41 | | Better safe than Surrey
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^ +1
i laugh at the fob truckers that come into my work and cant back up worth a shit
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10-26-2010, 09:28 AM
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#42 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Originally Posted by Walperstyle Never had an N. So glad.
But then again, I was driving at my cousins farm in Alberta at age 12. | Real life Takumi there. 
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10-26-2010, 09:52 AM
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#43 | | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
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lol i have been hearing about this for years, even when i was about to get my L I heard this. That was about 4 years ago and still nothing has changed
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10-26-2010, 10:11 AM
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#44 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Originally Posted by quasi LOL, I had my class 5 at 16. The good old days before N's. Thinking back I drove like a tool when I was that age, the restricted licence is a good thing. | 
Yeah... I know I did some pretty stupid things when I was freshly licensed... drove on the wrong side of the Kingsway around a median just for the hell of it (but at like 5am), going 160kmph around the UBC highway with a full car load and people sticking their heads out the window...
I don't remember exactly when I got my class 5, but all I know is that we were packing like eight people into my old Corolla station wagon, including two in the trunk... and that was in the summer after grade 10.
Ah yes, the good ol' days...
I pity the current new driver generation... only being able to drive one passenger.
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10-26-2010, 10:11 AM
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#45 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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I had my class 5 a few weeks after turning 16 (it was hard to book lessons between summer holidays) and right before the GLP was announced. There was a huge rush for all my friends to get theirs before the GLP went into effect. I'm glad I also got my idiot driving out of the way before ICBC implimented that Driving Risk Program.
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10-26-2010, 12:24 PM
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#46 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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I got nailed by a N driver not too long ago at Richmond (where else?). I support this.
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10-26-2010, 12:25 PM
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#47 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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18 should be when people get their L's
and the skills test should be ALOT harder
too many nubs on the road
and there should be mandatory annual re-examinations for richmond residents to prevent situations like these from happening again (still dont understand how this can even happen): 
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10-26-2010, 01:59 PM
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#48 | | I Wanna Go Fast!
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Originally Posted by threezero agree.
what would really make a difference? | Mandatory driver training. Period.
The time between getting your L and then your N will change absolutely nothing in terms of the quality of drivers we see on our roads. I have driven in quite a few different countries around the world and Vancouver / Victoria no joke have the worst and most unpredictable drivers I've ever seen.
A massive +1 to Anjew's post as well.
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10-26-2010, 02:48 PM
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#49 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Doesn't affect me, so they could make it 5 years and I wouldn't care.
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10-26-2010, 02:55 PM
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#50 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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It'd be great if it was 18 for L and 2 years for N.
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