A sudden jump back into discussion! Apologies for not being around, university takes up a surprising amount of time! The daftest thing is, they actually expect you to
do work?!
sussex2 wrote:I remember on my ADI test a long time ago I was asked to 'turn the car around using forward and reverse gears' in a fairly wide road.
Rather than a 3 point turn I did a 2 point (much more efficient) starting with reverse; this was a trick I had learned years earlier.
I can do a 1 point turn. Other people call it a 'J-turn'
The one thing that I don't get about the asking the show-me question while on the move is, how does one safely ask that question to a deaf driver while they're driving...?
If the road is relatively quiet, and the hazard density is low (such as a quiet rural dual carriageway), I'd just slow down a bit and then look slightly towards the passenger so I can lipread them. If I'm handling high hazard density areas (such as a town centre or something), I tell them to shut up and let me get on with my driving. It doesn't matter how important the question is, I'd like to arrive at my destination somewhat alive, so that I can deal with the question, rather than trying to deal with the question on the move, and then shortly discovering the question is now irrelevant as I've just run over a small child and will spend the rest of my life in prison.
However, I suspect either telling the examiner to shut up, or taking my eyes off the road for a lengthy period of time so that I can lipread the examiner, will both be frowned upon by said examiner. This, I suspect, means the question will have to be asked before the test begins (exactly how it is done at the time of posting), or they will have to ask the student the question BEFORE they begin the independent part of the test, which means the student may forget to actually perform the appropriate action during the independent part (due to being preoccupied with keeping their vehicle almost wholly on the black stuff on the ground, at a minimum), which could cost them marks.
Speaking of the driving test, I've just realised I've been a fully licensed driver for 2 years and 2 months.