driving lessons?

Daytona_nev

LinasPilibaitisisbatman really is an ignorant pr1ck.

You just know he's stuck in a dead end job which he's very bitter about.

briona

Daytona_nev wrote: »

LinasPilibaitisisbatman really is an ignorant pr1ck.

You just know he's stuck in a dead end job which he's very bitter about.

LOL! :rotfl:
Well said Daytona! I don't doubt that many would agree with you! :T

Daytona_nev

I would wager he's a car insurance claims handler.

That would explain his general hostility towards anybody who has the audacity to have a problem with service they've recieved from garages/insurance companies etc.

The relish with which he jumps on people is clearly hiding a deep self-hatred of his own percieved lack of personal achievement. That's why he displaces it elsewhere.

Amateur psychology level over.

homealone_2

lauren_1 wrote: »

Why is it a necessary evil? He wont be taking any car on a road test and neither does he need a licence to rev the engine a bit. When he qualifies or gets a job then he should be paying.

It just doesn't seem fair that you are only offering to pay for one.

sorry lauren dont follow what you mean only paying for one what???? as said i will be paying for all of it

briona

homealone wrote: »

sorry lauren dont follow what you mean only paying for one what???? as said i will be paying for all of it

I think she means one of your children (paying for son's lessons but not daughters' lessons), not that it's anyone else's business of course!

homealone_2

Thank all of you that left positive and encouraging posts as for LinasPilibaitisisbatman, I can't believe how insulting and rude you were about my son, with a name like that I would not think that you were in a position to throw stones at anyone. My son is a very hardworking and caring human being which is alot more that I can say about you. When someone comes on this website they are generally in need of help or advice and should not have to recieve replies of that kind. Not that it is yours or anybody else's buisness but just to set the record straight my son was born 3 months early 17 years ago and suffered several bleeds to the brain I was told that if he survived at all, weighing just two and a half pounds his future would be bleak. It was thought by all it was unlikely he would be able to walk,talk or even see. Thankfully with help he has been able to do all of these things and more, and is now only left with slight autism. Being disabled myself and with his two sisters grown up and living away from home he does almost everything around the house that I am unable to do myself without a word of complaint. As for looking for a job he is certainly not work shy and have seen him posting tons of applications and seeing the disappointment when time after time he doesn't even receive a reply. We live in Central London where part-time jobs are advertised for only a few hours before they refuse to take any more applications. If given the opportunity to prove how hardworking and diligent an employee he would make he would have a job for every day of the week. If thick he would not have just completed his first year at college gaining passes in maths,english and I.T in addition to just studying car mechanics. He could have easily left school at 16, bought a hoody and stood on a street corner hasseling old people, smoking, drinking and generally wasting his life. But he has not. So in future maybe, just maybe you could keep all of your thoughts and insults to yourself and let other more well meaning people reply.

I apologise to everyone else for my long rant but was both angry and upset to have my son insulted in such a way and felt the need to air my views.

In response to my original question I have taken some of the suggestions on board and will post any new developements. vbmenu_register("postmenu_15047759", true); vbmenu_register("postmenu_15047759", true);

homealone_2

Idiophreak wrote: »

The hazard perception's a tricky one...I found it tough - got minimum passmark. (35/35 in the regular theory...) - that said, I think it's more random than anything...I don't think passing or failing it has anything to do with "skill" or anything like that...

yes that is exactly what he is having trouble with and what he failed on his test. i am hoping that once he has driven around a bit the hazards will seem all the more obvious, if not i think he will have a very :eek: driving instructor

briona

homealone wrote: »

yes that is exactly what he is having trouble with and what he failed on his test. i am hoping that once he has driven around a bit the hazards will seem all the more obvious, if not i think he will have a very :eek: driving instructor

I had no problem at all with the theory questions but the hazard perception was a different matter altogether. Personally I thought the clips were unclear and at one stage I clicked on something moving at the side of the road in anticipation of it being a child only to see as the camera moved closer that it was a plastic bag!

Basically anything that can be classed as a potential hazard, e.g., a junction, a child, a dog etc needs to be clicked on as early as you possibly can (even at the risk of mis-identifying a plastic bag! LOL!). I think there are only ever going to be a couple of hazards per clip, and I failed on one clip for clicking too many times (maybe 5 or 6 times?!). Has your son got any practice CDs or registered with any test sites to get a chance to practice? I Googled "hazard perception test practice" and the link below was just one of many that came up

http://www.theory-test.co.uk/asp/hazard_perception_info.asp

homealone_2

briona wrote: »

I had no problem at all with the theory questions but the hazard perception was a different matter altogether. Personally I thought the clips were unclear and at one stage I clicked on something moving at the side of the road in anticipation of it being a child only to see as the camera moved closer that it was a plastic bag!

Basically anything that can be classed as a potential hazard, e.g., a junction, a child, a dog etc needs to be clicked on as early as you possibly can (even at the risk of mis-identifying a plastic bag! LOL!). I think there are only ever going to be a couple of hazards per clip, and I failed on one clip for clicking too many times (maybe 5 or 6 times?!). Has your son got any practice CDs or registered with any test sites to get a chance to practice? I Googled "hazard perception test practice" and the link below was just one of many that came up

http://www.theory-test.co.uk/asp/hazard_perception_info.asp

Hi this is Mark her son, I have been using the cds and they have been helping a bit but I do remember the DSA saying that its not good to keep on going over the same thing over and over again because it wont really sink in. I will try the site you advised which im greatful for and see how I get on. Im also a member of MSE So will write how I get on with it on this thread that my mum created.

briona

homealone wrote: »

Hi this is Mark her son, I have been using the cds and they have been helping a bit but I do remember the DSA saying that its not good to keep on going over the same thing over and over again because it wont really sink in. I will try the site you advised which im greatful for and see how I get on. Im also a member of MSE So will write how I get on with it on this thread that my mum created.

Hi Mark

The hazard perception is tricky but if I remember rightly almost all of the clips take place in residential or shopping areas so you would never be driving more than 30mph.

Now imagine that you are ACTUALLY driving down that road, think about what your instructor would be telling you to watch out for... "Mark, there's a junction on your left, can you see clearly into it?" If your answer would be "no", then on the clip, you would need to mark that as a potential hazard – a car could come flying out of there, a child could kick a ball towards your road and run after it, that sort of thing.

On your next few lessons, get your instructor to talk you through hazard perception, as though you were doing the test. My instructor used to get me to talk through every move I made. He'd start off and then I'd carry on: "I'm driving along the road and I see a 'children crossing sign' and so I know that I'm approaching a school, so I slow down, drop to second gear and look left and right to ensure that no children are about to run across the road..." I felt like a bit of a !!!!!! at times (LOL) but in terms of understanding hazard perception, it did help!

Best of luck with the driving and the theory test! I'm sure you'll pass!

Briona