Could you pass the test?

Don't get a job as an LGV instructor then... they perch themselves in the
middle of the cab so they can make a flying leap at the parking brake should
the pupil forget he is towing a rather large pedestrian/motorcycle/car
squasher.

 

I scared my mum shitless when she started trying to teach me to drive.
I'd been riding bikes for 6 years by the time I got round to doing my
car test. My current bike at the time was a GSX750esd. Needless to
say she was a 'bit concerned' about my use of speed and road positioning.
Specially when on my first ever time out in the car with her I *almost* had
a head on with an articulated lorry. It came slightly over the white lines
and
my road position (fine for a bike) meant I got both front and rear wings
ripped
off the 2CV we were in.

She paid for a couple of lessons for me after that.

--
Alex
BMW R1150GS
DIAABTCOD#3 MSWF#4 UKRMFBC#6 Ibw#35 BOB#8
http://www.team-ukrm.co.uk
Windy's "little soldier"

 

35/35 with give the answers wanted mode on

 

As special as me.

 

34/35

But....

When leaving your motorcycle parked, you should always:

*Remove the battery lead
*Pull onto the kerb
*Use the steering lock
*Leave the parking light on

Now personally, I don't think I should *always* do any of those... but the
only one that is any of their fucking business as far as I could see would
be the parking light.

They think I should always apply my steering lock. And the question about
visibility in daylight, is just opinionated BS.

I nearly pulled out into a guy on an SP1 as he had a white helmet on and a
white bike, but from my viewpoint, there was a white building behind him
which made him nearly invisible.

--

 

Coo, that reminds me. Got the assessment tomorrow and scored a healthy
32/35 and 33/35 in the tests in the page that this post is about.

 

Is this in case the vehicle moves, i.e. parked on left side of road it will
always steer back to the kerb?

 

Would you have scored so highly on the LGV had you not been doing it for
a while?

I think the questions *are* ridiculously easy but for instance, if
you've been driving one for even a week, you'll know what the minimum
height of bridges is and putting markers out for loads that overshoot by
2m etc.

Personally, I think I'll breeze it but it's the "when should you notify
the police of your route" type questions I think I'm going to get
tripped up on.

 

Steering back to the kerb would be safer I'd have thought. Safer that
steering into traffic at any rate.

Most of the questions are common sense and should be easy for someone
with a modicum of experience to pass.

 

Beleive it or not when you first start it is really easy to forget that your
trailer will not follow your cab when turning... live in your mirrors.

 

I work for Wincanton and we have constant training and appraisals so have
always got my head in latest rules/regs/legislation

 

I reckon it's a bit like taking a racing line on a bike?

I've got to go through the agony of doing my class 2 first. That's what
tomorrow is all about. They better be bloody good, too because at £190 a
day, it's by far and away the most expensive place I've seen.

 

Hmm, 28/35 but then I have no intentions of becoming a Yorkie-muncher.

And how about changing this question:

"Your vehicle leaks diesel fuel on a roundabout.
This will most affect:"

to something along the lines of

"What should you ensure isn't overfilled or leaking when you've
finished putting diesel in the tank"

 

Where X=3 and the penalty is maybe 6 points.

 

I wouldn't disagree, however, having a full licence but no bike after
righting off a GT250 and a cortina in my first accident the ability to
scrounge lifts from my L plated mates was great.

 

MattG says...

My old mate Gus and I used to do a double act on my then girlfriend's
C50. I weighed about 8 stone, Gus weighed about 18 stone. I always got
to ride up front because it was my burd's bike. Pulling away from lights
was a lottery as to whether we'd actually get moving without him having
to paddle us along with his feet to start with, or whether we'd wheelie
and fall off when I slammed it into gear at high revs.

Oh happy days, but not as happy as racing borrowed RD50s around the
Bedford one way system for a full evening.

 

Andy Bonwick says...

How much for a pack of 20 24/7s, and can you buy them in the nick?

 

Government Health Warning: Trying to maintain a 60 a day habit in the nick
can lead to profuse anal bleeding.


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AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas)
Kawasaki ZX-6R J1, Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo
BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL)
BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, DS#5, COSOC# Suspended, KotTFSTR#
The speccy Geordie twat.

 

Please don't.

 

Whereas the correct response but not shown is to call the rescue
service on a mobile and retire to the nearest pub.