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Old 18-04-2017, 10:10   #16
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Re: THe new driving test

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They also ought to retest all drivers every 5 years, I see many young drivers racing and driving dangerously.
One thing I see regularly, particularly down in the narrow lanes in Cornwall, is drivers total inability to reverse in a straight line for a few yards. I know that modern cars rearward visibility is truely appaling but there's still no excuse. Regular retest, not necessarilly a full formal test but some sort of assessment might make these people brush up their roadcraft.

I was on a bus once when the inspector had to get out and reverse a young womans car to a wider section of the road as she was totally unable to do it and there was no way that the bus could as there were several cars etc behind it.
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Old 18-04-2017, 11:33   #17
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Re: The new driving test

I think while a retest scheme sounds nice it would just turn into a money earner and be really hard to police and implement. Such a scheme would need to be focussed more than a simple general retest/assessment. Good indicators would be tickets/penalties and as more cars get "monitoring" maybe that could trigger an assessment/pass. My previous satnav had that sort of monitoring built in as part of saving fuel.

Another feature of my older unit not on the new one is that it didn't let you reprogramme it while driving without acknowledging the risk.

Parking - my preferences (also depend on situation)
1)Drive in, drive out
2)Reverse in, drive out
3)Drive in, reverse out.
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Old 04-05-2017, 16:45   #18
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If they are trying to move forward they might as well not have the driving test. The future of transportation is automation
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