And some more idiocy over the driving test

[Lutin]

Again from the BBC - The three point turn may be dropped from the driving test.

Other changes to the driving test include -

"Under a revised practical exam, learners may also be asked to use a satellite navigation system instead of following road signs." The encouragement to not think about where you are driving but to delegate this task to a Prat-Nav system.

and -

"The DVSA said a candidate, for example, may be asked to show how they would operate the rear heated screen while driving." In other words - pressing a button.

But, some words of sense from the RAC -

"RAC Foundation director Professor Stephen Glaister said: "We all rely on our sat navs but they are not infallible and it is when they have led us down a dead end that we need to know how to do a three-point turn."

The roads will NOT be getting safer anytime soon if they insist on dumbing down the road test.

 

[Mervin]

to bloody right , what next how to use the cruise control while you paint your toenails

 

[Rubberchicken]

On the other hand, they can hardly do worse than not having any training at all in using the satnav. People will use it anyway, might as well acknowledge that fact and teach them how to do so safely.

 

[OhJ]

OMG if this was to happen 40 years ago. Mikey would be bolloxed with no U turns and following GPS.

 

[Lowflyer]

OMG if this was to happen 40 years ago. Mikey would be bolloxed with no U turns and following GPS.

Brilliant


I passed my test in a Triumph Toledo -- it could do a 3 point turn in, erm 2


cue Outrunner

 

[outrunner]

I passed my test in a Triumph Toledo -- it could do a 3 point turn in, erm 2


cue Outrunner

Test, what test? I passed mine in a Ford Anglia, the one with the funny cut back rear window. Probably only a FEW years before you,you cheeky git.


Andy.

 

[Mervin]

oh i did it in a Mk2 escort ,

 

[Hudders]

oh i did it in a Mk2 escort ,

But what did you take your driving test in?

 

[Mervin]

Model T Ford !!! And you can do it in a mini . I got the bad back to prove it

 

[nigelphoto]

I never took a bike test but I've got a full A licence. In 1970 I was working as a jackaroo on Victoria River Downs cattle station in the Northern Territory and the policeman from Katherine, about 90 miles away, visited every 6 weeks. He wrote me out a licence and as he passed it across the desk said 'have a bit of a practice before you ride in town'. When I arrived back home in January 1971 I converted it to a UK licence. Simples!

 

[Lowflyer]

I passed my test in a Triumph Toledo -- it could do a 3 point turn in, erm 2


cue Outrunner

Test, what test? I passed mine in a Ford Anglia, the one with the funny cut back rear window. Probably only a FEW years before you,you cheeky git.


Andy.

I think you'll find that the toledo steering was like the herald, ie fantastic lock. You could turn it in a sixpence. Hence the ideal car for learning. Saying that, I only took two lessons and then passed my test

See what I did there Andy ? more references to days gone by ld-025:

 

[Whealie]

My car test was in Greenford, west London, at 9am. I never got above 3rd gear in rush hour traffic. My instructor berated me for stopping on my reverse round a corner when I pointed out a road sweeper had just left his barrow in the road and I'd reversed as close to it as I could. The instructor got out to have a look, got back in and congratulated me. I think I'd passed at that point and could do no wrong.

 

[Lutin]

My car test was in Greenford, west London, at 9am. I never got above 3rd gear in rush hour traffic. My instructor berated me for stopping on my reverse round a corner when I pointed out a road sweeper had just left his barrow in the road and I'd reversed as close to it as I could. The instructor got out to have a look, got back in and congratulated me. I think I'd passed at that point and could do no wrong.

Actually now I come to think about it, on the test course I did there were no traffic lights and no roundabouts.

Oh, and on my bike test I managed to lock the back wheel in the emergency stop (not bad on a Bantam). So, the examiner must have been correct when he pointed out the loose surface of the road and told me to go round again and he'd move to a cleaner stretch of road. I mean, I ask you, a Bantam locking the back wheel.

 

[Sharribee]

to bloody right , what next how to use the cruise control while you paint your toenails

Can't you do that already, it's an essential driving skill in the Rhondda Valley's

 

[Mervin]

to bloody right , what next how to use the cruise control while you paint your toenails

Can't you do that already, it's an essential driving skill in the Rhondda Valley's

and i suppose J taught ya how to do it Sharrie

 

[Sharribee]

Can't you do that already, it's an essential driving skill in the Rhondda Valley's

and i suppose J taught ya how to do it Sharrie

Oh yeah, whist making a sandwich and drinking a cup of coffee

 

[Mervin]

and i suppose J taught ya how to do it Sharrie

Oh yeah, whist making a sandwich and drinking a cup of coffee

yes used to do that in an artic on the M1 in the morning when i got up late

 

[varaquiero]

Top man NIGELPHOTO

 

[Mervin]