EdgarF wrote:Have you heard from your Group now?
Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:Cats-eyes are not the greatest surface to have your wheels on - the white lines and the cats-eye covers are slippery, and it's noisy and bumpy. If there is a double white line, by the time your wheels are on the cats-eyes, you have effectively "straddled" the white line, which technically is an offence. Any of this may have been in his mind.
HTH
martine wrote:Many Observers will be pretty gentle on the first drive.
martine wrote:PS. 35 mins travelling to your Obs is not unusual - even in the Bristol group we seem to have an unbalanced number of Obs in the North of our area - meaning some Southern associates have to travel. It's much worse in unpopulated areas like Scotland and Mid-Wales.
IcedKiwi wrote:EdgarF wrote:Have you heard from your Group now?
I also said I thought there was an issue with my gear changes coming on to (mainly faster) roundabouts where I feel like I'm steering with one hand (pushing up with my right) on the small left bend on approach to a lot of roundabouts whilst selecting the gear to go onto the roundabout
IcedKiwi wrote:EdgarF wrote:Have you heard from your Group now?
For example I thought he would have made some comments about a borderline overtaking opportunity (It was downhill NSL, open sighted, nothing coming and car in front was doing 50, but expected him to increase speed going downhill) where I might have expected him to either confirm that I was right to hold back or if he would have taken it, encouraged me to get out and have a look etc. Maybe I should have given a intermittent commentary on interesting bits like that to explain what I was thinking -
EdgarF wrote:Glad to hear that you finally got to drive with an observer, although it seemed to me that they were taking an unreasonable amount of time organising someone for you.
fengpo wrote: I'm sure it'll be fine, if a bozo like me can get a first. There is hope for all doing IAM SfL.
StressedDave wrote:Remember you've had 1.5 days with the Huge Noblett - the test may not be too much of a stretch.
StressedDave wrote:EdgarF wrote:Re your observer's comments about 'staying off the cats' eyes.' I remember that my first advanced driving instructor (back in 1985 - yes it was a long time ago) mentioned the same thing to me. He told me the reason for not going over them is that they can work loose. Apparently someone had been killed not long before then whilst following another car. The car in front had run over a cat's eye, dislodging it and sending it flying up so that it hit the windscreen of the following vehicle with fatal consequences for the unfortunate driver.
Actually, it was the passenger - the HA contractor hadn't grouted it in properly and a cast iron cat's eye does a lot of damage. I'm pretty sure it's one of the reasons they're moving to little plastic ones.
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