Do you think this is a form of discrimination...

[carole]

Ok let me put this past you all, soon my daughter Melissa will be sitting her restricted drivers licence, she already has a learners, which means if she passes she is able to drive alone,except between the hours of ten pm and 5 am, she is also not allowed to take any passengers except those who have had their full licence at least two years.

However there are exceptions, those are as follows:

If she is married or living in a de facto relationship, she can take her spouse, if he does not have a licence.

Any children she has.

She can take a relative if they are on a welfare benefit, e.g domestic purposes,that is for mothers who are left on their own to raise their kids, through whatever circumstances,widows benefit or sickness benefit.

Now my problem with this is, i have a chronic illness, and there could be times where it would be indeed very handy to have Melissa take me a few places, it would not be very often.

However because my husband works and supports his family, we are not entitled to the above, we can however apply for a dispensation, which one costs us twenty dollars, and we have to pay a visit to the doctor to get them to write a letter stating my illness etc,and then we could still be turned down.,also we have to wait until she has been driving on this licence for at least six months, if i were any of the above it is granted immediately without incurring any costs to me.

I think this is really unfair, and i am being discriminated against because my hubby works, what do you all think, do you agree, and if so should i try and do something about it, not sure where to start really, anyhow would value your opinion's?

[Karen]

It does seem like discrimination to me. If you were her child, she could take you, but because you are her mother, she cannot? Doesn't seem fair to me!

[Catty1]

How long does this restriction apply? How soon can she have anyone in the car without barriers?

I'd ask about it - I mean, if your husband is working, he can't drive you anywhere during the day.

[moosmom]

I think it is a form of discrimination. I'd try and get a waiver.

[wantmorepets]

If you have your license and have had it for more than 2 years - there would not be a problem.

These restrictions have put in place to save young drivers lives. It is not you but her these rules were put in place for. They have tried to think of exemptions but no one can think of every example.

I doubt very much if you were in the car with her, you'd have any problem. The idea is to keep car loads of kids off the road.

[Jessika]

If you have your license and have had it for more than 2 years - there would not be a problem.

Thats what I thought -- so regardless of your relation to her, she should still be able to drive you around, correct? If you've had your license for at least two years.