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Interesting, thanks. Yes I was told to retest after short to while to go for gold. I had assumed I would be nowhere near Masters but you think gold RoSPA would get me in the running for Masters?

Yes it seems a relatively small forum?

Interesting thanks. My speciality seems to be smooth braking. Passengers often comment as did both my instructor and examiner. I got 130,000 miles out of my last set of front discs and 70,000 out of the pads :D Firstly, congratulations on the Silver, although I suspect that, from your pre test post...

Apologies it was a typo. Should have said original examiner (although I belive some examiners provide instruction also but not in this specific case)
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IMHO, avoid learning 'the way', try instead to find what works for you, try to find the underpinning reasons for doing something rather than just following rules. If someone tells you that 'you should' ask 'why?' I've had this with bike trainees and it has helped my training. If I couldn't justify ...

Yep that makes sense. After 34 yesrs if doing it 'my way', im more curious to read more about the topics and absorb, but not necessarily act upon, the information.

So I've managed to locate a copy on t'interweb of the 'blue' Roadcraft book that folk refer to but I also found this which should be an entertaining read .......http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROADCRAFT-THE-POLICE-DRIVERS-MANUAL-1965/291857842170?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%2...

Thanks to everyone for all their help and support since I've joined. i've made five posts I think and had 150 replies!

I will continue to read and support the forum - I've found it really useful

Smee

To get rospa gold? not really, apart from maybe the old version of 'roadcraft' available on amazon. Yes, there are other books, but they may induce you into applying a 'slightly' different technique than the one advocated by roadcraft, which could be more, not less, detrimental to obtaining the gol...

No not to get gold. Sorry for ambiguity. Just more books on driving. Take the point about them being potentially detrimental so will read them after the point if/when I get the gold pass.