Re: Masters assessment
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 6:59 pm
I'm prepared to bet that with suitable finesse, even a C1 can be got off the line without throttle...
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Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:I'm prepared to bet that with suitable finesse, even a C1 can be got off the line without throttle...
Horse wrote:I know (well, guessed) that you're referring to a Citroën?
Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:I'm prepared to bet that with suitable finesse, even a C1 can be got off the line without throttle...
Strangely Brown wrote:It doesn't matter that it is commonplace on the cars that driving schools use. What matters (or should matter) is what cars they are most likely to drive after passing the test. If they are taught in a car with too many nannies and assistants then that is not a true test of their ability to drive, especially if their own car has none of that "help".
Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:Horse wrote:I know (well, guessed) that you're referring to a Citroën?
Yes, since that was the vehicle in the video posted earlier
fungus wrote:Strangely Brown wrote:It doesn't matter that it is commonplace on the cars that driving schools use. What matters (or should matter) is what cars they are most likely to drive after passing the test. If they are taught in a car with too many nannies and assistants then that is not a true test of their ability to drive, especially if their own car has none of that "help".
I entirely agree, hence why my car has none of thes" helps". However, the day is coming when all of these aids will be commonplace and, many, not all, new drivers seem to aquire relatively new cars these days. Also technology has advanced more in the last ten years than it had in the previous thirty or may be more years. Then with the advent of electric cars things will be different again. I imagine that another driving licence catagory would be created to cover them. All this will affect future driving tests, and the DVSA will need to adapt the driving test accordinlgly. This could make it difficult for a driving school to decide on the best vehicle to teach in.
Nigel.
fungus wrote: I'm not sure of the rulling on cars with hill hold assist, but I would imagine that currently they would not be allowed. This may alter if the technology becomes commonplace on the more common cars that driving schools use.