Instead, the information they found ended up landing the driver with a $500 fine from Victoria Police for travelling with too many peer passengers in his car.

Now angry parents are calling on Roads and Maritime Services to make the rules clearer for their children.

Tanya Bandy's daughter Georgia was one of the passengers in the car, which had travelled to Melbourne last weekend for a seminar to help prepare for school exams.

The teenagers had timed their drive to ensure they would be home by 11pm, when NSW rules say P1 drivers can only have one passenger aged under 21.

They were leaving McDonald’s in Barnawartha at about 8pm Sunday, after stopping for a break, when police pulled them over.

The RMS website states P1 drivers have to follow the restrictions imposed by their NSW licence, but fails to point out they also have to follow Victorian rules on peer passengers when in that state, meaning no more than one passenger between 16 and 21 at all times.

The driver was fined $500 and lost four demerit points.

The passengers then had to wait for a friend from Albury to pick up some of the passengers and take them back across the NSW border.

By the time the car eventually got back to Corryong via back roads, it was after midnight and the driver had unintentionally broken NSW peer passenger rules.

Ms Bandy said it was “really disappointing” to get conflicting information from different sides of the border.

“The really confusing part is that on the NSW side, the RMS website says to follow the NSW licence,” she said.

“We had checked that before the kids had gone to the uni.”

Ms Bandy said she had been told Victoria Police would also not enforce the NSW P1 speed restriction of 90km/h because it is not in their rules.

“We really have no idea what speed they should be going,” she said.

“They live in regional NSW, yet they go to school and drive in Victoria.

“It’s something that we need to clarify.”

After being contacted by The Border Mail about complaints from young drivers, the NSW transport department has confirmed it will review the information posted on its website.

“Transport for NSW and Road and Maritime Services are reviewing their online content regarding cross border provisional driver conditions to ensure their websites clearly outline how interjurisdictional conditions apply to NSW provisional drivers when driving interstate,” a spokeswoman said.

“Transport for NSW will also work with other jurisdictions as required to ensure messaging is accurate and consistent.”

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