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Originally posted by BA to the Stars View PostInstant fail not because of lack of 5th gear but because learners are not allowed on the motorway (seems a bit daft because you can go on one without motorway training or supervision straight after passing your test)
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostSwitzerland is easy. At the end of the test the pupil asks the examiner "What is the name given to a gap in the mountains where roads are built?" When the examiner answers; the pupil says thanks.
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Originally posted by Dallas View PostFirst time in London- Failed, pulling back into driving centre I hit accelerate instead of break, nearly went through the wall - instant fail.
Second time in Lancashire - too scared to hit 5th gear on motorway - instant fail
Third time in Lancashire - indicator on car failed - didnt leave the car park
Forth time passed - week later driving a chrysler x4 in North Carolina, 6 weeks training with work - that is when I really learned to drive!
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Car, bike and plane first time.
On the bike test (recent), I stopped within the first 30 seconds as I couldn't hear the instructor. He said the volume was at max and there was nothing he could do, so would I like to cancel the test? I gulped, got back on the bike and did as best I could. Within the first 5 mins I thought I'd failed - everything went wrong, I was really unsettled and then thought - feck it.
After that, I rode very relaxed and was amazed I'd passed - the instructor said what on earth were you doing in the first five mins?!?!?! lol!
Scariest test was the twin aircraft rating - I was in a Seneca II Turbo 200T twin aircraft and the examiner made me bank the aircraft left and look out the left window for a scan before I did a max rate left hand turn.
At that time the left engine spluttered and lost power. Being as I was in a left hand banking turn the plane went into a steep left hand dive, I banged the right rudder pedal to stop the extreme yaw and tried to stabilise the plane. I looked right at my examiner with a face that said "what the **** do we do!?!?!" He just turned around and said "go through the emergency checklist NOW"
Feck me! I got the plane steady, power max, props max, mixture full rich. Right rudder, left leg dead. Left engine dead. Confirmed left engine dead. Fuel tanks: check. Fuel cutoff switches: bastard!!!! The examiner had surreptitiously cut the fuel off to the left engine as I was looking out the window.
I turned to him and smiled and carried out the engine feathering and shutdown drills for the left engine.
Now, that's the proper way to make sure you've understood and are capable of carrying out your training in an examination!
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostIn Switzerland you get three goes. After that you have to see a psychiatrist. I don't know how many goes you get after that.
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In Switzerland you get three goes. After that you have to see a psychiatrist. I don't know how many goes you get after that.
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Originally posted by Scrag Meister View PostI was speaking to my Granfather back in the day and he told me that he NEVER took a test, just went in the post office and filled in an application and got his full licence.
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Originally posted by Scrag Meister View PostI was speaking to my Granfather back in the day and he told me that he NEVER took a test, just went in the post office and filled in an application and got his full licence.
A voluntary driving test was introduced in England in 1935. The test cost 37½ pence and the pass rate was 63%. The first person to pass was called Mr Been. There weren’t any test centres and examiners would meet candidates at a pre-arranged spot, like a park or railway station. The compulsory driving test was introduced on 1st June 1935, for all drivers who started driving on or after 1st of April 1934.
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Originally posted by Platypus View PostA few years back maybe. Not these days, not from what people I know have said. They all basically c*nts. HTH.
All he succeeded in doing was ensure I drove the last 30 odd miles at around 130mph.
But all in all, they're ok, if you're not mardy with them. I was pulled at 90mph in the Motorhome and when stopped he was all smiles and asked how it went that fast. All in all, like most professions, there are good and bad, but in the main, they're not that bad ime
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I was speaking to my Granfather back in the day and he told me that he NEVER took a test, just went in the post office and filled in an application and got his full licence.
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostI don't believe you. You more likely knocked over the bollards and bribed the examiner 100 rupees
You are precise about 100 rupee offerings though. Did you test in India too?
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