100 Year Old Driving School
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 9:21 pm
Anybody else watch this?
https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/100-year-old-driving-school-extraordinary-oaps-prove-their-skills-a3633176.html
It's back for a second run. This time the IAM have been kicked into touch and ROSPA is having some publicity.
I have to say I watched this with mixed emotions. Gales of laughter, respect, a tear in my eye (at some of the back stories and their history/lives), and annoyance.
Some of the comments made by the drivers were very funny. Some of the driving so bad I had to laugh. The lady who rarely changed up had me in stitches. I thought the Micra was going to blow up. She obviously couldn't hear a word the instructor was saying. His solution? Buy an automatic. Maybe he needs to think out of the box and suggest a hearing aid.
Off-siding? One guy, who'd never had a test, had obviously learnt about this many years ago "To get a better view" ... unfortunately he did it everywhere!
One old guy said he needed glasses when asked to read the number plate but then took them off and put them back in their case as "he didn't need them" (Grrrrr. One of my pet peeves).
Why some of them were deemed OK to continue driving was beyond my comprehension, but it was an assessment, not a full driving test.
Finally, came Jock on his moped (though it looked seriously like a small CC scooter to me). He'd been riding all his life. The instructor said he didn't use his mirrors, didn't do any shoulder checks, hit all the speed pads and stopped in a keep clear area, but thought he did "very well". We only saw a small bit of his riding but he looked far from safe. If I'm still around at that age I hope I'm still on two wheels (and as positive*) to annoy all those who think you shouldn't.
* - No chance, as I'm a grumpy old man now
https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/100-year-old-driving-school-extraordinary-oaps-prove-their-skills-a3633176.html
It's back for a second run. This time the IAM have been kicked into touch and ROSPA is having some publicity.
I have to say I watched this with mixed emotions. Gales of laughter, respect, a tear in my eye (at some of the back stories and their history/lives), and annoyance.
Some of the comments made by the drivers were very funny. Some of the driving so bad I had to laugh. The lady who rarely changed up had me in stitches. I thought the Micra was going to blow up. She obviously couldn't hear a word the instructor was saying. His solution? Buy an automatic. Maybe he needs to think out of the box and suggest a hearing aid.
Off-siding? One guy, who'd never had a test, had obviously learnt about this many years ago "To get a better view" ... unfortunately he did it everywhere!
One old guy said he needed glasses when asked to read the number plate but then took them off and put them back in their case as "he didn't need them" (Grrrrr. One of my pet peeves).
Why some of them were deemed OK to continue driving was beyond my comprehension, but it was an assessment, not a full driving test.
Finally, came Jock on his moped (though it looked seriously like a small CC scooter to me). He'd been riding all his life. The instructor said he didn't use his mirrors, didn't do any shoulder checks, hit all the speed pads and stopped in a keep clear area, but thought he did "very well". We only saw a small bit of his riding but he looked far from safe. If I'm still around at that age I hope I'm still on two wheels (and as positive*) to annoy all those who think you shouldn't.
* - No chance, as I'm a grumpy old man now