Nice one Chris... you got the best result.. you know you have done well but realise there is alway some work to do (Some Golds get complacent
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Anyway in answer to some questions above...
IAM Examiners Manual page D7
"7.0 Manoeuvres
Car Examiners should select a suitable location where the candidate can demonstrate simple on-road manoeuvres safety and unobtrusively. Provided the candidate can demonstrate that he/she can reverse and park the vehicle safely and competently, the number of manoeuvres asked for are left entirely to the Examiner's discretion..."
7.2 Other Manoeuvres
Other manoeuvres, such as a turn-in-the-road and hill start may be carried out entirely at the Examiner's discretion. If the candidate's car manoeuvring ability is suspect in any way, then the Examiner must identify suitable locations on the test route, where whatever inherent weaknesses there are, can be properly assessed..."
Having said all of that, I have, in my 20 yrs as an Examiner, come across some good drivers who were way below par when it came to making the car go backwards.
martine wrote:Personally I find the manoeuvring with associates almost embarasing...advanced driving to me is not about doing a perfect parallel park but all about safe progress, improved obs, better use of gears etc.
Wrong! Manoeuvring can be an excellent way of displaying you are at one with your vehicle and can place it precisely where you want it to be, whether that is a 2 mph around a concrete bollard or at 150 mph in lane three of the Autobahn
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regards,
Rennie