Beezerk
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I'll rephrase, you can't drive on a motorway until you've passed a separate motorway specific test. If you live in the sticks, no need to take one, seeemples.
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I'll rephrase, you can't drive on a motorway until you've passed a separate motorway specific test. If you live in the sticks, no need to take one, seeemples.
I agree but after reading @Imurg post what would happen for people in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Co Durham? It could be an hours trip for many to their nearest motorway
. Drivers would be better for it however.
Beezerk
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I agree but after reading @Imurg post what would happen for people in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, Co Durham? It could be an hours trip for many to their nearest motorway
People are happy to travel for other tests, besides who gives a hoot about hillbillies ?
Orikoru
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Haha, it does seem short-sighted. I reverse into my drive at home so the boot is facing the front door, but forward-park at the club as you say. My wife has a habit of reversing into every parking bay on auto-pilot, for example at Costco when we will obviously be arriving back with copious amounts of shopping, then have to carefully manoeuvre the gigantic trolley in between other cars to access the boot. ??
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I open my boot and take the stuff out. Just like I would if I had driven in forwards. I'm fully able to carry my bag and trolley a couple of metres to erect it away from the boot if need be.
Orikoru
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Obviously depends what your car park is like, but I think his point was that's a bit more difficult - not completely impossible. e.g. if your boot is up against a fence or another car you have much less space. Particularly when there was no need to reverse in, it's a 50-50 decision.
Kellfire
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Maybe they could make it a legal requirement for every learner to do motorway driving at some stage in their learning and a qualified instructor must sign off on the learner’s ability to do so before the test is taken?
Probably not viable but hey ho.
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We all know driving in this country is a joke
Pass at 17 providing you don't get Ill or banned you won't have any further hurdles until your 70
Why not a lesson (have to be signed off) every 5 or 10 years just for refresher
Would give more work driving instructors way aswell
My speed awareness course amazing how much people had forgotten even myself and I like to keep up with it had gaps I could use going over again
Pass at 17 providing you don't get Ill or banned you won't have any further hurdles until your 70
Why not a lesson (have to be signed off) every 5 or 10 years just for refresher
Would give more work driving instructors way aswell
My speed awareness course amazing how much people had forgotten even myself and I like to keep up with it had gaps I could use going over again
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sunshine
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But aren't you reversing your car up to another? Or a hedge or fence? And how do you squeeze your trolley and bag through the gap between parked cars?
In my experience, the dimensions of most car park spaces seem to cater for small cars. Everywhere I seem to park my car (especially the golf club), the car park is full of massive range rovers.
srixon 1
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1st thing I did when I had passed my test and got myself a car was, drive to the M1 to see how fast it would go. Not very, it was a 1.3 Mk 2 Ford Escort ???
A young lad on a bicycle who cycled right across me going under a railway bridge, how I never hit him I don’t know ?
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It's like when bojos briefings didn't have a sign person they got ruled against
Yeah because there wasnt things going on...no offence to deaf people but subtitles at that time was a fine way to cope considering it was a bit of a cluster of s time
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I compare it to Barbados. Overpriced and crap, but priced to keep the ruffians out like me. Gives a safe space for well to do folk.
I compare it to Barbados. Overpriced and crap, but priced to keep the ruffians out like me. Gives a safe space for well to do folk.
Piece
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"Oh no, that's terrible. Its like a scene from a disaster movie."
Why do people get this the wrong way round? It is the fiction that is "like" the reality.
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Cat came and sat next to me and promptly puked up.
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Who barfed, you or the cat?
