There are lots of things in the UK test, including hill starts and a written
pre-test. When I was learning with a driving school they refused to take me
over the test route saying I wouldn't be driving just that after I had passed,
and they were going to teach me how to drive not just how to pass my test. On
the day of the test the instructor said "When the examiner comes for you if he
is a decent bloke I'll give you thumbs up". When the examiner arrived he was
looking pointedly out of the window (bastard!). Maybe he hoped I would fail
and so have me buy more lessons, but I passed. The hill-start was very severe
- pulling out of a T-junction where both the leg and arms of the T were at a 1
in 3 gradient, immediately before a bridge over a canal with a blind crest.
It was so severe and caused so many accidents that eventually it was made
one-way going downwards only for all traffic.
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Erickson
To: MG List
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Savvy Shopping: Park assist, pick-ups and MGs
Paul Hunt wrote:
> Ironically parallel parking has become part of the UK driving test in
recent
> years.
It has ALWAYS been a part of the Australian driving test (and one that
catches lots of kids out).
My instructor knew where the tester was going to make me parallel park
and taught me to glance out at the reflection in the big shop window
opposite to see how far I was from the other cars :-)
Surely you do "hill starts" (hand brake starts) in your tests as well?
Eric
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