Rowley010 wrote:Are they essentially the same thing?
I read about ROSPA gold and it says it's "the highest standard of civilian driving available".
I then read about IAM masters, and it says "it's the highest standard of civilian driving available".
or if they are different what are the differences between the 2?
Thanks
martine wrote:The Masters test was longer and included questions on Roadcraft and Highway Code
martine wrote:(in my case a written test but I'm not sure that is true of all Masters tests).
Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:You mean there isn't an IMI nationally monitored standard way of conducting the test - tut, tut ...
Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:You mean there isn't an IMI nationally monitored standard way of conducting the test - tut, tut ...
martine wrote:Mr Cholmondeley-Warner wrote:You mean there isn't an IMI nationally monitored standard way of conducting the test - tut, tut ...
- funnily enough they ARE working on that but the IAM 'Director of Standards': Mark Lewis has a hell of a job on his hands as you can imagine. At the moment Mark is trying to formulate a formal 'Skill for Life' curriculum and rewrite of the IAM text book.
RobC wrote:From your comments I assume that there is a wide disparity of IAM standards nationwide and that is what I have gathered from my limited experience of the IAM and the fact that there isn't a retest requirement.
Rospa Gold has historically been called the highest grade of civilian driving because of its requirement for retest to retain the grade.
In the fleet driver training industry a current Rospa Gold is usually requested for driver trainers to show that the standard of their driving is current. A driver who passed his IAM decades or years ago may claim to be an advanced driver, however without retest they could be driving to any standard.
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