Flexibase wrote:The following are extracts from those ever-useful training and reference CDs from http://www.flexibase.freeserve.co.uk/po ... tions.html
Caution: L Drivers & ADIs
This presentation is designed for those aiming for Advanced Driving & Motorcycling Tests.
Some methods included are NOT appropriate for the Driving Standards Agency learner test and the DSA Driving Instructors’ test as new drivers have yet to gain the experience to safely vary basic rules.
Examples: [with "clickable" hyperlinks]
Positioning for left bends
Unnecessary signals*
Straightening roundabouts
Entering cross-hatching
Parking alternative
Use of them on these tests would probably result in “driving faults”
[These] symbols are displayed on those sections as a reminder
* Signalling before Passing Stationary or Slow Obstructions
Should you advise signalling before passing parked vehicles, bicycles pedestrians & horses?
Generally not, IF:
able to take an early position
to allow following traffic a view of the obstruction
However, if you may have hidden the problem by approaching a bend or brow of a hill
or by driving a large vehicle or towing a caravan
a signal would be useful to others
This approach is acceptable on L & ADI tests
ScoobyChris wrote:Can you elaborate on "Parking alternative" for me as I'm struggling to work out what it might refer to?
Flexibase wrote:It's a tongue-in-cheek reference to the video clip on the CDs of the Mazda Zoo-Zoom advert. of the young lady performing an otherwise impossible reverse parallel park by driving over a roadworkers' pickup using the scaffolding boards thereon!
jont wrote:ScoobyChris wrote:Can you elaborate on "Parking alternative" for me as I'm struggling to work out what it might refer to?
Russ Swift style not recommended for 'L' drivers?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYuRKYGZ9Ss
Or maybe it's reversing round a corner to the right (as I was asked on my RoSPA test)
Make sure she parks from a right angle to the parking bay. DSA examiners don't like candidates to swing the car away from the space to lessen the approach angle to the space.
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