x-Sonia-x wrote:The only reason it would be vote loser for the government is that sooo many people know they are not up to scratch.
x-Sonia-x wrote:I dont really know that much about it but does the government back IAM and RoSPA?
daz6215 wrote:One of the reasons they are not taken onto motorways is that the motorway infrastructure does not cover the whole UK therefore it's not possible to test everyone fairly. If someone failed on a motorway and some passed where there wasn't one thats not a fair test.
jont wrote:daz6215 wrote:One of the reasons they are not taken onto motorways is that the motorway infrastructure does not cover the whole UK therefore it's not possible to test everyone fairly. If someone failed on a motorway and some passed where there wasn't one thats not a fair test.
Do test centres in central London have access to rural NSL? Or rural centres to heavy city traffic? Why not make most use of what's available and include motorway where centres have appropriate access? I guess a bigger problem is that with junctions often 5+ minutes apart (especially if you want to see the candidate to anything other than sit in lane 1), you would need a longer test.
daz6215 wrote:One of the reasons they are not taken onto motorways is that the motorway infrastructure does not cover the whole UK therefore it's not possible to test everyone fairly. If someone failed on a motorway and some passed where there wasn't one thats not a fair test.
daz6215 wrote:One of the reasons they are not taken onto motorways is that the motorway infrastructure does not cover the whole UK therefore it's not possible to test everyone fairly. If someone failed on a motorway and some passed where there wasn't one thats not a fair test.
crr003 wrote:A motorway is a "special road" and car learners are forbidden for a start.
crr003 wrote:A motorway is a "special road" and car learners are forbidden for a start.
ROG wrote:I was not saying that part of the test should be on a motorway, just that car learners should be taken onto one during their latter training if one was available - see my next text....
x-Sonia-x wrote:
Totally, totally agree, how can someone pass their test, when they have never been shown how to deal with a particular road. For my own experience i was lucky to have an instructor who took me out on pass plus on the motorways, but of course this was my own choice. It shouldnt be down to own choice whether you are taken on a motorway or not. On the other hand, my sister who has been driving for around 10 years, will never go outside of the town she lives in, simply coz she would never go on a motorway. She maybe would not have that fear if she had been taken on them during lessons.
It should be down to the instructors decision as to whether their pupil is advanced enough to cope with it.
x-Sonia-x wrote:Yep point taken. I personally dont have a problem with motorways and was taken regularly on dual carriageways during my lessons. But there are people out there, who do have a 'fear' and that fear would probably be diminished if they had experienced it. Its the unknown that frightens people and if you have passed your driving tests there shouldnt really be any unknowns.
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