questions about practical driving test.

Happychappy

[quote=[Deleted User];67721916]That displays an astonishing level of ignorance.

To qualify as an ADI it is necessary to PASS tests of driving and instruction ability, not just "do" an assessment. Even with many hours of professional training the pass rates for these tests are very low. I doubt if any "largely untrained" individual could ever qualify.

After qualification, ADIs are re-tested on a regular basis.

There are, however, some instructors operating quite legally (albeit for a limited period) on a trainee licence, who haven't passed the final test. But that is a whole different kettle of fish, and even there it is a condition of their licence that they must have undergone a certain amount of training.[/QUOTE]

I am an ADI :eek:, check test 6 and last one under the new system at A, so yes I know the standards, and the check test at best every 4 years, so not regular.

The part 1 exam is a breeze, you get the questions and answers to revise, Part 2 just a simple drive. Part 3 buffoonery with an examiner playing the fool, over egging the learner drivers ability or lack of, and not realistic, but keep to the script you have prepared or paid to learn the simple techniques, and then out into the big wide world and ply your trade, not difficult, just depends if you want to put a little bit of work into it every 4 years

It always has been a fall back job for people either made redundant, sacked, older people wanting to try something else with no other skills or wanting to go part time etc, nobody leaves school wanting to teach people to drive, normally a fall back for the more mature and possibly unskilled individual with a driving licence and a wife saying "your a good driver, why not teach people ?"

Car_54

Happychappy wrote: »

I am an ADI :eek:, check test 6 and last one under the new system at A, so yes I know the standards, and the check test at best every 4 years, so not regular.

The part 1 exam is a breeze, you get the questions and answers to revise, Part 2 just a simple drive. Part 3 buffoonery with an examiner playing the fool, over egging the learner drivers ability or lack of, and not realistic, but keep to the script you have prepared or paid to learn the simple techniques, and then out into the big wide world and ply your trade, not difficult, just depends if you want to put a little bit of work into it every 4 years

It always has been a fall back job for people either made redundant, sacked, older people wanting to try something else with no other skills or wanting to go part time etc, nobody leaves school wanting to teach people to drive, normally a fall back for the more mature and possibly unskilled individual with a driving licence and a wife saying "your a good driver, why not teach people ?"

Welcome back, after all these years.

Would you care to point to any part of my ancient post which you have kindly quoted and which is factually incorrect?

BTW I have long since retired from instructing and no longer really give a flying f***, but I am sure there are many competent, honest and hard-working ADIs who do.

FWIW I agree with your implied criticism of the DVSA standards test regime which does not do enough to weed out the cynical time-servers.

Mercdriver

ktj wrote: »

Hi, As we can not afford driving lessons, I am teaching my son to drive.


Everything is going well, but I have a couple of questions about bay parking.


All the info. I have found about bay parking describes driving past the bay you intend to park in and then reversing into the bay by reversing to the LEFT backwards into the bay, so this is what we have practised.


My question is are you ever asked to park in a bay that requires you to reverse backwards towards the RIGHT into a bay?


Hope that there is someone out there who has the expertise to help clarify this matter, so thank you in advance for any advice given. kje.

I did in my test 3.5 years ago.