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Post by pantah on Mar 30, 2023 12:39:44 GMT
Got to say my car driving test was eventful to say the least. I sat it at the age of 21 when I started racing and had bought a transit.
Had been riding bikes on the road since 16 and passed my test 1st time at 17 so when it came to driving a car i didn't see any problems. At the time there were long waits for tests so I thought I'd apply first and have plenty of time to get a good few lessons. That was the plan but it sort of backfired when my test date came through the post. Three fucking weeks! I'd never driven a car before and managed to scrape together 5 lessons with an instructor plus an hour before my test. Piece of piss.
I did ok at the lesson malarkey and crammed the highway code, then on my pre test lesson the instructor assured me that as it was the last test of the day and a Friday it would be half hour tops as the cunts liked a flyer.
Unfortunately that was scuppered immediately when the tester told me it was his first day in the job and did i mind if the head examiner sat in the back seat to observe. Fuck sakes!
Despite the pressure i was doing ok although the pissing rain didn't help, then he said he was going to ask me to perform an emergency stop when he tapped on the dash. No sooner had the words come out his mouth when this cunt reversed out his drive right in front of me, i hit the brakes without locking up, handbrake on, into neutral, checked the mirror, perfect execution. I asked him if that counted as my emergency stop, but with the big cunt in the back seat watching on he played by the book and insisted on me doing it again under his terms. This was doing my head in, no way was this going to end any time soon and the icing on the cake was reversing round a corner. I pulled in and checked behind before reversing but couldn't see for this huge cunt in the back seat. Had to ask him to shift over to let me see properly and to be honest by this time I couldn't give a monkey's as i was convinced the cunt's were going to fail me whatever.
An hour and a quarter later i was handed a pass slip and to be honest i was proud that i never crumbled under the pressure. Back of the net!!
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Post by mekon on Mar 30, 2023 13:29:49 GMT
On my first test I failed as hit the curb on reversing. Arse. Drove generally shitter on 2nd test but passed.
On my first extended test of the dangerous driving ban I failed. This cunt that looked like a sweeney extra with tache ans mirror glasses was never going to pass me. Before set off he said 'dangerous driving eh' and I knew he was going to fail me. Basically he just made me drive around the busy town centre over and over again until a traffic situation got the better of me.
Next test I had a woman and got into some chitchat and paid her compliments and distracted the fuck out of her. Must have worked as instead of the town centre it was an hour of quiet country lanes and me telling her her choice of car was really good and that was exactly what I wanted if I passed my test. Test passed.
My motorcycling test was a bit later in coming as I had already been done for riding the fzr without a licence. I bought it for after I passed my test but you know how it is....luckily enough when I decided to actually do my test I passed first time. My instructor got very annoyed when I used to get my kneedown on roundabouts, I already knew how to ride by that point but needed lessons to learn how to pass a test.
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Post by beefus on Mar 31, 2023 7:04:21 GMT
First car test I failed for driving too slow (i.e not getting up to 30mph when possible). Passed 2nd time.
Bike test passed first time but it was a piece of piss really. Borrowed a mates RD250 and the test consisted of;
Turn key to switch on power
Make sure examiner sees you checking the neutral light is on.
Straddle bike and push off centre stand.
Pull away and ride around the block making sure to indicate, look over my shoulder etc.
Wait for examiner to jump out into the road before performing an emergency stop.
Pass.
Well done son, now you can go and buy a CBX, Katana, Z1300 or whatever big capacity bike you want!...I opted for a GPZ750.
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Post by neilf on Mar 31, 2023 7:26:11 GMT
First car test I failed for driving too slow (i.e not getting up to 30mph when possible). Passed 2nd time. Bike test passed first time but it was a piece of piss really. Borrowed a mates RD250 and the test consisted of; Turn key to switch on power Make sure examiner sees you checking the neutral light is on. Straddle bike and push off centre stand. Pull away and ride around the block making sure to indicate, look over my shoulder etc.
Wait for examiner to jump out into the road before performing an emergency stop.Pass. Well done son, now you can go and buy a CBX, Katana, Z1300 or whatever big capacity bike you want!...I opted for a GPZ750.This sounds like my brother's test, except he dropped his bike out of sight of the examiner ("A car pulled out of a car parking space and I had nowhere to go sir!"); he then went out and a bought a GPz1100 EFi from a guy in the pub opposite the bank from which he'd just got a loan from! I'll post something about my various tests when I've got the time; it's lengthy and involves cycling proficiency, motorcycle tests and car tests! |
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Post by pantah on Mar 31, 2023 9:42:30 GMT
First car test I failed for driving too slow (i.e not getting up to 30mph when possible). Passed 2nd time. Bike test passed first time but it was a piece of piss really. Borrowed a mates RD250 and the test consisted of; Turn key to switch on power Make sure examiner sees you checking the neutral light is on. Straddle bike and push off centre stand. Pull away and ride around the block making sure to indicate, look over my shoulder etc. Wait for examiner to jump out into the road before performing an emergency stop. Pass. Well done son, now you can go and buy a CBX, Katana, Z1300 or whatever big capacity bike you want!...I opted for a GPZ750. Same as me Beefcake. Borrowed a mates RD250 and on one of the manouvres out of sight of the examiner made a total James Hunt of entering a main road and got trapped in the middle with cars flying past either side. Engine cut out after emergency stop but luckily was on a hill and sneakily bumped it without the cunt noticing. You've passed son. So fucking easy. Saw a guy guy a brand new RD250 and clearly had never ridden a bike before. Salesman pointed to the clutch and throttle and after stalling it about 10 times the poor lad wobbled off into the traffic. Don't know if he survived it but the odds weren't good. |
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Post by neilf on Mar 31, 2023 10:00:36 GMT
First car test I failed for driving too slow (i.e not getting up to 30mph when possible). Passed 2nd time. Bike test passed first time but it was a piece of piss really. Borrowed a mates RD250 and the test consisted of; Turn key to switch on power Make sure examiner sees you checking the neutral light is on. Straddle bike and push off centre stand. Pull away and ride around the block making sure to indicate, look over my shoulder etc. Wait for examiner to jump out into the road before performing an emergency stop. Pass. Well done son, now you can go and buy a CBX, Katana, Z1300 or whatever big capacity bike you want!...I opted for a GPZ750. Same as me Beefcake. Borrowed a mates RD250 and on one of the manouvres out of sight of the examiner made a total James Hunt of entering a main road and got trapped in the middle with cars flying past either side. Engine cut out after emergency stop but luckily was on a hill and sneakily bumped it without the cunt noticing. You've passed son. So fucking easy. Saw a guy guy a brand new RD250 and clearly had never ridden a bike before. Salesman pointed to the clutch and throttle and after stalling it about 10 times the poor lad wobbled off into the traffic. Don't know if he survived it but the odds weren't good. The current test format and route to getting on the road is so much better! I still think that it is unfair that new car drivers don't have to go through a stepped licence, but I suspect that insurance costs prohibit most drives from buying a fast car... unless they come from a rich family. |
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Mar 31, 2023 10:44:02 GMT
I took my bike test after the new 125cc laws came into affect. I was going to take my test years before, but some cunt nicked my bike the night before the test.
A friend said the examiner would be on foot and just watched you ride around an industrial estate for a bit. That was 1981ish.
When I took my test, 1991. Going along a dual carriageway next to the harbour with a 50mph limit, I followed a juggernaut as there was a strong cross head wind. I was doing 45mph and the little CG125 I was on wouldnt have reached 50 anyway in the wind. The examiner asked me why I didnt overtake the juggernaut. I thought he was going to fail me for that, but he didnt, thought my reply was ok.
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Post by beefus on Apr 1, 2023 7:58:20 GMT
I see a lot of learner riders in convoy with the instructor at the back of the pack…..and they’re riding on dual carriageways as well as in town, so it’s way more intensive nowadays and at least has relevance to real world riding.….which is good.
I think my test would’ve been around 1981-ish.
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Apr 1, 2023 15:35:59 GMT
I did my bike test in 1992, but I'd been riding since getting my provisional license when I was 16. When I went to the instructors they tried to tell me that I was riding illegally because I hadn't done my CBT, but that didn't exist when I started... Finally they clarified that I had to do my CBT instead of the then redundant Part 1. The part 2 was still in place.
I had an RXS100 and had been riding it for a while so the day before the test I thought I'd better change the spark plug. Come test day, it was pissing down, out we go, I with some comically large waterproofs that a biker friend of my sister had lent me. After a few miles, on a wet and windy flyover the bike just died.
The examiner went into full procedural cunt mode and told me I had 3 minutes or something like that to restart my vehicle. It clearly wasn't going to start, but I made an attempt anyway, wondering what the fuck he, and I were respectively going to do... But he had it clear, looking at his watch like an army general he said 'your time is up, the test is terminated', got on his bike and fucked off and left me there.
I finally got home, put the old plug back in and the bastard fired first kick.
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Post by mekon on Apr 1, 2023 18:34:17 GMT
I could never see the point of the no feet down uturn? So fucking what if you can't give it some Kickstart action. If you're allowed to multipoint turn a car I couldn't see the point or relevence to the real world of perfect uturn. Then again my legs are long enough to touch down on everything so it just seems a safer method to me.
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Post by bella on Apr 4, 2023 17:32:44 GMT
I failed my bike test because i wasn't showing him i was using my mirrors, i had them set so a slight turn of the head was enough, but he wanted a proper head turn, passed the second time no problem.
Car test first time pass absolutely perfect.
One of my mates did the Car, Bike and tractor test across two days and passed the lot first time...........clever bastard.
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