Probationary Nirvana

I am a genius. And I’m modest. But mostly I’m a genius.

Something that gets my goat (and the goats of every other P-Plater I am sure) is the fact that when fully licensed drivers drive our cars, they rip down, with reckless abandon, our precariously placed temperamental P-Plates.

Scenario 1: Mum gets into the car, realises Cecelia has been driving so leans across and rips off the P-plate, completely apathetic to which nooks and crannies the plate and suction caps land in. With this thoughtless act at its close, she drives away legally.

Scenario 2: Cecelia gets in her car and settles herself into place ready to drive. On final check she realises the person who last borrowed her* car has not had the courtesy to put back up her P-Plate. So Cecelia has to lean over, unlock the door, unbuckle herself, get out of the car, go around to the passenger side and begin frustrating task of searching for miniature suction cups. Once the suctions and plate are located, then comes the painstaking process of getting the cheap-skate suction to JUST STICK. Adding on the plate once this is complete can often send the process spiralling backwards as the suctions pop off from the pressure of the plate. Once Cecelia has finished this process and is well and truly late for wherever she was going to drive, she gets back into the driving position and begins her journey. Without a doubt, at some point into the journey, the P-Plate will dislodge and either half fall and hang threateningly for the remainder of the trip. Or, it will enthusiastically leap off the windscreen into the nether of the passenger side forcing Cecelia to; A, Drive illegally for the rest of the trip, or; B, Pull over and make her self even later by starting the whole sticking up process again.

So I have been struggling with this issue for the past year or so and Have tried numerous things to find a remedy for it.

1, drive without Plates and rely on the fact that I won’t get pulled over because there are no P-plates on my windscreen begging the police to pull me over.

2, shove the P-plate in the crack between the dash and the windscreen. Its not very visible and I would probably still get in trouble from the cops

Or 3, Use sticky tape to keep the plates up. This works at treat until Mr/Mrs Full licence comes along, pulls it off, and throws it onto the floor for it to get covered in lint and grime and lose all its stickiness. And it uses Bucketloads of sticky-tape.

So Behold! The P-Plate pocket!

A clear Pocket made of laminate that it stuck to the windscreen permanently. The P-plate is then able to slide in and out of the pocket with ease. It is Transparent, which means that there are no blind spots created for the full licence driver and No distractions around the plate for other drivers on the road.

New scenario A: Mum gets into the car, leans over and pulls the P plate out of its pocket, placing it carefully on the spare seat beside her, or, if it is occupied, into the top of the glove box.

New scenario B: Cel gets in the car, leans over to the glove box/passenger seat, grabs the P-plate and slides it with ease into its pocket, where it will remain for the whole journey.

**Please No-one steal this idea and earn millions of dollars from it. Or if you do, at least give me a decent cut of it**

*Yes Dad, I know It is not MY car, But I use it every single day.