Oook, picture this though.....
On a recent drive out to somerset dam up here in queensland, most of the roads out to the dam are either 80kph or 100kph. I had been driving on this particular stretch of road for quite a while (more than 10k's) and seen at least 2 100kph speed signs. I then came across 2 cars driving in the same direction as myself, the front car (had L plates) was doing around 50kph on the straights and about 30 - 40kph around ANY kind of bend/corner in the road. I could see the car behind this learner driver was getting quite annoyed and was looking for a safe spot to overtake (was only a 2 way road).
Meanwhile, there has been another 2 cars come up behind me and are also wondering what the hell is going on. The car in front did not stop or pull over to the side of the road to let people past, just kept driving at his/her own speed limit. Now, you tell me who is in the wrong....the instructor in the car for not telling the learner driver to either speed up or pull off the road to let people past in a safer manner than to overtake on a 2 way road, or the fact that the learner driver had too little experience with speed to be on that road in the first place?
All the cars behind the learner had to overtake on the wrong side of the road (legally) and then proceed on. Just that incident alone could have caused a serious accident if one of the other cars had of misjudged....all because of a learner driver.
I realise we are all learners at some stage....and i normally give them lots of space and not be a dickhead around them, but this just pissed me right off to think that the instructor couldnt be bothered to teach them some common courtesy.
NB. The learner car WAS NOT a driving instructors car....just a private vehicle with L plates.
/rant