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I'm pretty confident that Class 2 was also advanced, the final grade being decided by the marks achieved. Yes, I think that's correct. But my understanding is that the IAM examiners[u ] are usually [/u]serving or retired Class 1. I'm questioning Ratty's assertion that there is a difference between ...

About 10 years back, IAM had two civvie bike examiners but who both had police-awarded Class 1 certificates. I would be very surprised if this was the case. The difference between a 1 and a 2 classifications was based no the persons marks during an advanced course. Historically, a driver's classifi...

It's certainly not my understanding, which is that most if not all IAM examiners are serving or recently retired Advanced police drivers, the old Class 1 classification. I'm pretty confident that Class 2 was also advanced, the final grade being decided by the marks achieved. Yes, I think that's cor...

In my experience RoSPA's standards have always been consistent, although they may be struggling a little bit now. RoSPA always had a lot fewer examiners and they also insisted that all examiners were class 1 qualified as opposed to the IAM's version which was hundreds of examiners who only had to b...

I like driving HGVs, I find it good fun, but I don't do it for a living! As for taking a day's instruction then a test, it depends on what experience you have of driving large vehicles and your knowledge of the test. It also depends on if you can get the use of a suitable vehicle to use for a test. ...