Susie wrote:Martin - I don't follow why you'd find manoeuvring with your associates 'embarrassing' - the easiest way round it is when you return to 'base', just ask them to reverse park into a difficult spot
Susie wrote:I haven't have to demonstrate any manoeuvres on RoSPA test but on IAM test, I had to reverse round a tight corner and parallel park. It lost me a point because I was being precious about the alloys and over-compensated for the difference in tracking between front and rear in the Caterham and was about ten inches from the curb... doh!
Susie
martine wrote:...Yes good idea except reverse park isn't one of the specified manoevers (parallel park, '3' point turn, reverse into side road).
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.
rlmr wrote: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 .
regards,
Rennie
martine wrote:...it's just I can't get excited about manoeuvring and I can't see it contributes to much to safety either.
Presumably you'd agree there are much more important skills to be learnt and demonstrated on a test?
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