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No it isn't but it's all part of general awareness. A kid running off the pavement in front of you isn't at first running in the road but you'd still have to take action to avoid it, like you would if a car pulled out of a car park in front of you....
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I'm afraid I also have to question the theory of "I did not see it, because it wasn't there.". Just because you didn't see it, it doesn't mean it wasn't there (before you saw it in the car park in the example). When moving lanes on a motorway, I can look in my mirrors and not see a car. Doesn't mean there isn't one though - that's why I check my blind spot. [Theoretical example, I accept that 99% of the time you'll be aware of a car there because of prior observation] Quote:
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2) Still leaves the question of is this black and yellow painted speed bump a pedestrian crossing (which I now presume is a yes) and if so how are you supposed to know this? I will dig out the highway code book later but as I said earlier, couldn't find it on the online version. |
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For whatever reasons on the day the examiner decided not to give you the pass mark - however much you disagree or feel it was unfair, you need to accept it and stop blaming the examiners! |
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Are you Welsh? Only it is a fact that Welsh peeps cannot pass their test first time. Something to do with government quotas. |
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They have quotas here in Scotland too. My mate got failed for driving over the kerb into the test centre the wrong way. At least thats what he told me.
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When you do that, it will become a fact. Until then, it's your personal speculation based on your own experience. The fact that you're the only one stating this means that the majority of the evidence is actually showing that there aren't quotas! Quote:
That's fine, you need to be able to reverse into a space, IIRC, 1 and a half times the length of your car. If the space wasn't that big, you should have bumped the cars behind to make it that big, using a tape measure if required to prove to the examiner that you weren't making the space too big I hate to say it Kev, but this looks like sour grapes over failing, and nothing else. It's a natural reaction to not like people who fail you, but you have to take onboard that once in a while, things are your fault. I passed my test first time, but it wasn't without any minors. I learnt from the mistakes I did make and hopefully don't commit those faults any more. If I'd have failed on a major error, I'd have taken it on board, and made sure I didn't do it again. Even if I thought the examiner was harsh making me reverse into a small bay, I'd have gone away and practised until I could get into a bay the size of a postage stamp. You wouldn't end up being a worse driver for it! |
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I should add, the one thing I couldn't do for the first couple of months living here was park in the local Sainsburys car park....don't ask why, but every other car park is fine. Just about got over that one now too, ended up being a mental thing in the end |
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The worse car park here is the one by the market...normally very busy and people sit in the middle of the bleeding car park so no-one can pass them waiting "just incase" someone comes back....they are muppets as well, however bullying tactics tend to work. |
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I took my test in a ser 2 lwb landrover and when the examiner asked me to do a 3 point turn he failed me for being abusive (this is true ) he told me afterwards that I could have taken more !
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