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martine wrote:

GTR1400MAN wrote:Certainly in our group any observer using the words "You need to do this on test" would be beaten severely.

There are some folk who would pay for that...

I am a bit confused about what you mean Martin. Are you thinking Max Mosley?

The German figures given are less than 1 s - 25 m at 100 kph.

I expect that the ban covers only the use of hand helds because that is both easier to enforce and easier for the general public to comprehend. Also, there is a viable and marginally safer alternative - no, I don't mean waiting until you are parked, I mean use of hands free. As it happens, if it was...

WhoseGeneration wrote:Problem now resolved, picked up a cancelled Focus RS order with a dealer group local to me.
Spec I wanted, apart from colour, then it's "the" colour.
List price, currently in build and will have it mid January next year.

Lucky chap, a nice Christmas present.

akirk wrote:definitely worth exploring...
Alasdair

I hope you will explore it for the benefit of your IAM group. I am sure they are concerned by the situation.

Did you by any chance have a check drive with another local observer?

Telephone conversations which involve visualising something other than what we see outside the car are a distraction and a problem. Radio plays or (for the musically inclined) being deeply involved in the music are other examples where this problem can happen. Telephone conversations which involve ...

How disappointing that the test was not a positive experience.

Did you feel that you drove at a similar standard to drives with your Observer?

I heard the tunnel question was a Europeanisation, intended for long Alpine tunnels where signs show the frequency to be checked, and that the question although in the bank was not actually included in UK tests. But is there a published bank now, I thought it was no longer published? If that is tru...

Also, the person one is conversing with cannot match the flow of the conversation to the developments on the road ahead, which again makes a huge difference. IME in the real world, passengers who match their conversation to developments on the road ahead are rare (including Roadar instructors). Out...

I heard the tunnel question was a Europeanisation, intended for long Alpine tunnels where signs show the frequency to be checked, and that the question although in the bank was not actually included in UK tests. But is there a published bank now, I thought it was no longer published?