48Learner driver must display L plates

48 Learner driver must display L plates

(1) A learner driver must not drive a motor vehicle (other than a tractor) on a highway unless—

(a) an L plate is displayed facing out from the rear of the motor vehicle so that the letter "L" is clearly visible from a distance of 20 metres behind the vehicle; and

(b) in the case of a vehicle other than a motor cycle, an L plate is displayed facing out from the front of the vehicle so that the letter "L" is clearly visible from a distance of 20 metres ahead of the vehicle.

(2) A supervising driver must not sit beside a learner driver, as required under regulation 47(2), if the learner driver is committing an offence against subregulation (1).

(3) A person who is not a learner driver must not drive a motor vehicle on a highway if there is displayed facing out from the front or rear of the motor vehicle a plate that is, or that resembles, an L plate.

(4) Subregulation (3) does not apply to—

(a) a person who is instructing a learner driver and who is driving the motor vehicle solely for the purposes of instructing the learner driver; or

(b) a driver of a motor cycle under assessment to whom regulation 11 applies.