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Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 01 Jun 18 6.36am
Originally posted by Harpo I passed first time. That's not a boast, because I should not really have passed - not with only 12 hours driving experience. And that is in itself an issue. Perhaps a minimum of, say, 72 hours logged experience before even applying for a test might reap rewards for everyone. ^^^ made me laugh. I passed my motorbike test first, which was very intensive and highly structured. Passed my car test with no lessons. My examiner (who I argued with through-out the test), threw my pass certificate at me , "here's your pathetic pass", before jumping out the car My missus wrote-off her instructors car on the third lesson, last year. Examiners are only allowed to pass a certain number of candidates "The facts have changed", Rishi Sunak
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Originally posted by Harpo

I passed first time. That's not a boast, because I should not really have passed - not with only 12 hours driving experience.

And that is in itself an issue. Perhaps a minimum of, say, 72 hours logged experience before even applying for a test might reap rewards for everyone.

^^^ made me laugh. I passed my motorbike test first, which was very intensive and highly structured.
Passed my car test with no lessons. My examiner (who I argued with through-out the test), threw my pass certificate at me , "here's your pathetic pass", before jumping out the car

My missus wrote-off her instructors car on the third lesson, last year.

Examiners are only allowed to pass a certain number of candidates

"The facts have changed", Rishi Sunak

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Stuk Top half 01 Jun 18 12.48pm
Originally posted by Harpo I passed first time. That's not a boast, because I should not really have passed - not with only 12 hours driving experience. And that is in itself an issue. Perhaps a minimum of, say, 72 hours logged experience before even applying for a test might reap rewards for everyone. That's ridiculous. It's already expensive enough for new drivers and you want them to have between �1,500 and �2,000 worth of lessons. If it was brought in they're not going to let your "logged experience" be signed off by a mate or a family member are they? I had 5 lessons, but I'd been driving a motorbike for a year already. Optimistic as ever
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Top half 01 Jun 18 12.48pm

Originally posted by Harpo

I passed first time. That's not a boast, because I should not really have passed - not with only 12 hours driving experience.

And that is in itself an issue. Perhaps a minimum of, say, 72 hours logged experience before even applying for a test might reap rewards for everyone.

That's ridiculous. It's already expensive enough for new drivers and you want them to have between �1,500 and �2,000 worth of lessons. If it was brought in they're not going to let your "logged experience" be signed off by a mate or a family member are they?

I had 5 lessons, but I'd been driving a motorbike for a year already.

Optimistic as ever

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Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 01 Jun 18 9.44pm
I recall failing my first motorbike test and shouting at the examiner as he jogged off back to the test centre. (he said I didn't use my mirrors) I did the same course and exactly the same manoeuvres for the re-take, and passed. The difference being, that my motorbike instructor told me to knock my wing mirrors slightly out of kilter. (and do the same for you car test) Because this has the effect of making you actually move your head slightly to see what's in the mirror, which is more noticeable to the tester than just an eye-roll. And I was a jammy bvgger passing my car test. (no lessons). Immediately after passing my test, I drove into town on my own, and went into a busy multi-storey car park. Where I nearly 5hat myself because I hadn't mastered hill starts. Nearly burnt the clutch out trying not to roll back into the car behind. I got the hang of it by the 4th floor. "The facts have changed", Rishi Sunak
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I recall failing my first motorbike test and shouting at the examiner as he jogged off back to the test centre. (he said I didn't use my mirrors)
I did the same course and exactly the same manoeuvres for the re-take, and passed. The difference being, that my motorbike instructor told me to knock my wing mirrors slightly out of kilter. (and do the same for you car test) Because this has the effect of making you actually move your head slightly to see what's in the mirror, which is more noticeable to the tester than just an eye-roll.

And I was a jammy bvgger passing my car test. (no lessons). Immediately after passing my test, I drove into town on my own, and went into a busy multi-storey car park. Where I nearly 5hat myself because I hadn't mastered hill starts. Nearly burnt the clutch out trying not to roll back into the car behind. I got the hang of it by the 4th floor.

"The facts have changed", Rishi Sunak

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