I passed a few weeks ago and have had these on my car since. I was hoping that experienced drivers would have some additional patience with me when coming up to big roundabouts or driving in the dark, etc. It appears to make no difference at all.
I unfortunately stalled at some traffic lights earlier today and the car behind just got right up behind me, beeping his horn and being super aggressive. Clearly I wasn't doing it on purpose. He could see I was stalling, not sat on my phone or whatever.
Same thing happened when I was sticking the 50 speed limit and someone behind obviously wanted to go 80 and got so close up behind me and was flashing and gesturing out the window. It was a single lane, no one in front of me. I wouldn't have gone over the speed limit anyway but him being a prick about it meant I was even less likely to speed up. I was doing between 50 and 55, slowing down to about 40 - 45 for sharp bends.
I know road rage happens and remaining calm and ignoring pricks is part of driving but surely even those arseholes were new drivers at some point and should remember that if anything, getting me flustered is unlikely to help me drive faster or pull away quicker!
Aibu to expect people to take notice of the green p new driver signs?
For the record, I'm a pretty good driver usually and was ready to take them off yesterday. I drove on the motorway today so thought I'd keep them on! I'm a bit worried to take them off now I stalled.