Driving test - bay parking. A compulsary maneuver?

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book12 wrote: »

I have a driving instructor.

I didn't ask, as I don't think he would know.

I would look for another Instructor then.

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

book12 wrote: »

Is it true that when a DSA test centre has a car park space, one of the maneuvers have to be bay parking?

By the way, which two maneuvers did you guys do as part of your driving test?

Two? I took my test (and passed) in 1989. I had to reverse around a corner, 3-point turn, emergency stop, parallel park, the lot.

Rolandtheroadie

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers! wrote: »

Two? I took my test (and passed) in 1989. I had to reverse around a corner, 3-point turn, emergency stop, parallel park, the lot.

3 point turn? When did they introduce that? I had to turn the vehicle to face the opposite direction. (jk:D)

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scotsman4th wrote: »

3 point turn? When did they introduce that? I had to turn the vehicle to face the opposite direction. (jk:D)

Indeed, and it has always been so.:D

mcjordi

i was asked to pararell park, turn in the road, reverse around the corner didnt get asked to bay park - but it wasnt a problem as i was good at them..

stalling isnt a fail as such so long as your in full control of the vehicle

newfoundglory

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(1) You are paying to learn to drive, not to learn a test route.

(2) It is no more difficult to reverse on a slight incline/gradient than it is on the level, assuming you have been taught properly.

Examiners have no quota, they are not interested if anyone passes or fails, they just assess to DSA Standards.

I would be interested to know where you " discovered " that pearl of wisdom?..:rolleyes:

It is very unwise to choose a driving instructor with no knowledge of the test route. Whilst you are learning to drive, the ultimate goal is to pass the test. You are only going to do that by learning how to pass (to do that, you must understand exactly what is and is not a minor or serious fault). You are much more likely to pass if you have driven the test route.

Whilst it is impossible to get each test the same, there is MASSIVE inconsistency.

book12

Talking about parking, when you guys do parellel parking, was it with 1 or 2 cars? Or does it depend on the 'situation' on your driving test?

DaveF327

newfoundglory wrote: »

YIt is very unwise to choose a driving instructor with no knowledge of the test route. Whilst you are learning to drive, the ultimate goal is to pass the test.

Your ultimate goal should be to acquire the skill of safe driving for life, not just to meet the minimum standard, which is what the driving test is. Any instructor worth his salt should be showing you how to handle any possible situation confidently as no-one knows what's around the next corner. Once you can do this, the test will purely be a formality and a very simple one at that.

It's the people who refuse to see beyond the test who are the living nightmares we see on the roads. They badgered their instructor to death to put them in for test before they were really ready, took umpteen attempts to pass, while bitterly accusing the entire driver training world of "ripping them off" for daring to suggest that they actually learn real life situations rather than show them test routes to learn off by heart. Once they've fluked the test eventually and got their licence, you usually see them straddling lanes, stopping at green lights and looking totally confused at every new-fangled invention to appear on the roads like mini-roundabouts and chicanes.

Thebestmumalive

My son passed his test 3 years ago. Whilst learning to drive, it was standard for all leaners to practise parking at the test centre - which is actually quite difficult at our local test centre.

When I took him to the test centre on the day, we just drove straight into a parking spot - but one of the instructors there suggested it was a good idea to reverse in - so that he only had to drive out when he started the test , but also because if they did do the bay parking they simply had to drive forward out of the spot and then reverse into it again!.

My son didn't do that, but I did see another candidate attempt it - and she couldn't drive forward and reverse back into the spot. Her instructor was cringing in the waiting room and I'm sure she must have failed (well I hope so anyway).

DaveF327

Thebestmumalive wrote: »

I did see another candidate attempt it - and she couldn't drive forward and reverse back into the spot. Her instructor was cringing in the waiting room and I'm sure she must have failed (well I hope so anyway).

That's exactly my point. Those instructors who just teach to a test (rather than how to judge spaces and make decisions) end up cringing in the waiting room when their pupil makes a hash of even the simplest task. Why learn at the test centre anyway? The spaces are just like you find in any public car park or supermarket. If it's difficult to park at your local centre as you say, I'm not surprised with the number of instructors who take people there clogging the place up, rather than teaching to park at a supermarket (the real world) so their pupils can then demonstrate their skills at the test centre when they're actually good at it.

Besides, you can no longer drive out in a straight line and reverse in the same straight line (if that's what you saw happen). You have to turn to the left or right and straighten your wheel before reversing.