Definitions
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- noun Australia a plastic square
sticker consisting of a large redletter P on a whitebackground , placed on avehicle to indicate that the driver only has a provisional licence.
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Examples
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Was told that being P-plate meant an additional 10 bucks per day.
jaimewolf Diary Entry jaimewolf 2005
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I was of the opinion that now that I am a P-plate, not an L-plate, I had to ferret out all the bad habits of a L-plate.
jaimewolf Diary Entry jaimewolf 2004
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The day they get a P-plate, they become the most at-risk driver on the road.
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Monk told police on Wednesday that a P-plate driver deliberately struck him.
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Inexperienced drivers: P-plate police patrol streets
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The Commonwealth Games gold medallist had told police that a P-plate driver deliberately struck him.
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The Commonwealth Games gold medallist had told police that a P-plate driver deliberately struck him.
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Their car is described as being a white Hyundai excel or similar, with black and yellow number plates and a red P-plate.
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Witnesses heard a "terrible bang" after a P-plate driver drove an SUV into a concrete wall of a car park on the top level of Miranda Westfield, in Sydney's south, knocking a section of it on to the roof of Diamond Nails.
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Police stopped the car and reported a Mawson Lakes man, 25, for misuse of a motor vehicle, speeding and breaching P-plate restrictions.
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