HGV lesson

HillStreetBlues

Bigwheels1111 said:

Back in 2001, I took my Hgv 2 and then my Hgv 1.
There were 2 of us per vehicle, A ford iveco scaffold lorry.
The instructor asked who wanted to go first, the other guy could not jump back fast enough.
He had taken the theory test 16 times I think it was, first 10 times he had not even read the theory test book.
Then 6 more times to pass.
Im not bragging, Bike, Car, Hgv theory test 39/39 correct answers, Hgv 2 and Hgv 1 all passed first time.
Some people take to it like a duck to water, others don’t.
Don’t take it to heart.

I agree, I drove a Luton once and knew that was enough for me, as Dirty Harry stated "a man got to know his limitations"

Also about tests, personally I feel there should be limit on them.
They only have to be lucky once,
The rest of us have to lucky all the time.

sevenhills

user1977 said:

Vintage_Tom said:

my car licence could get revoked with them questioning my own car driving.

How on earth could your car licence be "revoked" just because somebody's criticised your driving?

If the OP doesn't know that, maybe his ambition outstrips his ability?

I have driven larger vehicles, the older I get. I wonder if the OP has gone from a car to an HGV.

I drive a VW Crafter, but i dont fancy anything larger.

Vintage_Tom

The fact is, I have had to pay almost £4000 for lessons. 4 days of 4 hours on week 1 for Class C or 2, second week was 4 days of 4 hours or Class C+E or 1..

I just felt I could have made a success of this but way I've been treated I think is awful. I just felt I was never given proper chance or opportunity to prove it. They took the money and that's it 

I did get refund if just under 25% of the course fees.

It was worth a try but really I didn't get much of a chance!!

Could there be claim if the motorbike claims they suffer from nightmares, flashbacks. Would dash or helmet cam be used as evidence?

WellKnownSid

Now this might sound a silly question so excuse my ignorance, but I thought HGV wasn't a thing any more because it was changed to LGV, like, 30 years ago?

user1977

Vintage_Tom said:

Could there be claim if the motorbike claims they suffer from nightmares, flashbacks. Would dash or helmet cam be used as evidence?

Have you ever heard about somebody claiming for "flashbacks" about an accident which didn't happen?

If helmetcam evidence was available, I'd be more concerned about the police having a word with you.

henry24

WellKnownSid said:

Now this might sound a silly question so excuse my ignorance, but I thought HGV wasn't a thing any more because it was changed to LGV, like, 30 years ago?

It did but it's the same as being a class 1 driver nobody is a c+e 

Grey_Critic

We ALL think our driving is good and many give a running commentary to their passengers along the lines of **Look at that idiot - where did they learn to drive?** 

As others have said driving an HGV - or anything bigger than a pedal car is beyond the ability of many. I am surprised that the driving school did not take the OP for a test drive before starting.  

Just like learning to drive a car everyone learns at a different rate so 4 days of 4 hours on week 1 for Class C or 2, second week was 4 days of 4 hours or Class C+E or 1.. might be simple for some yet others could require twice as many ;lessons and still fail to achieve the required standard. 

Then of course there is the CPC and such which is not as easy as some may think. When I took mine 40 years ago it was a lot simpler but many struggled - surprisingly many owner/operators at that time got their wives to take the CPC (required for the operators licence) who often said they found it easy - Not conducive to happy relationships at times I recall.

Krakkkers

Don't know whether its still a thing but way back people used to join the TA and get a free HGV lessons/license then quit.

Mildly_Miffed

Vintage_Tom said:

The fact is, I have had to pay almost £4000 for lessons. 4 days of 4 hours on week 1 for Class C or 2, second week was 4 days of 4 hours or Class C+E or 1..

I just felt I could have made a success of this but way I've been treated I think is awful. I just felt I was never given proper chance or opportunity to prove it. They took the money and that's it 

I did get refund if just under 25% of the course fees.

It was worth a try but really I didn't get much of a chance!!

Could there be claim if the motorbike claims they suffer from nightmares, flashbacks. Would dash or helmet cam be used as evidence?

Forget about the bike.
Forget about the pavement.
If you need to ask, because you didn't notice them at the time, that's very likely a large part of the problem. Think about the different paths the rearmost wheels take to the front ones. If you don't innately understand that, then driving something large is just not for you. That's even an issue in MWB and LWB vans.

Focus on the cancellation policy - what do the Ts & Cs of the contract say is due if they cancel? They will certainly have the right to cancel in the event of a student being so bad they're dangerous.

Herzlos

Vintage_Tom said:

Could there be claim if the motorbike claims they suffer from nightmares, flashbacks. Would dash or helmet cam be used as evidence?

There was no accident so no claim. However if the biker had a helmet camera and your driving standard was bad enough they may feel like sharing it with the police or social media.

Even then, you were on a driving lesson in presumably a marked vehicle, so I'm not sure you'd face any legal trouble from that though the instructor may since they'd be regarded as responsible at the time. That'll be why they don't want to continue with the lessons.

Ignore the near misses and focus on why they were near misses - what actually happened?