Hello all
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 3:18 pm
I recently took the IAM course - I scraped a pass with some harsh (I thought..) criticism from the examiner Don't get me wrong, I don't think I'm a great driver - I know I'm not much better than average, but I have a desire to be better than I am. I did make some mistakes during the test, but I disagree with my examiner's opinion that I wasn't confident enough. He seemed to think that I should have been driving faster and overtaking slower traffic at points where I was unfamiliar with the roads and I didn't feel I had enough visible clear road. He also commented that my lack of confidence showed because I don't use my automatic in sport or manual mode. I thought I was doing a safer driving course, not a performance driving one. I'm sure that one point he mentioned where he thought I should have attempted an overtake, I couldn't have done it without breaking the speed limit.
Feeling somewhat disillusioned, and that I've wasted my wife's money (she bought the course as a gift for me), I've been trawling the 'net seeking other ways to become a safer driver. I came across the forum, and here I am.
Feeling somewhat disillusioned, and that I've wasted my wife's money (she bought the course as a gift for me), I've been trawling the 'net seeking other ways to become a safer driver. I came across the forum, and here I am.