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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: MortimerMortimer Date: Sep 15, 2008 00:52
"Tony Dragon" btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:FdydnczfN-x9jVPVnZ2dnUVZ8uednZ2d@bt.com...>> The driving test would have required me to omit the initial reverse and
>> to make several shunting movements, whereas my initial reverse reduced
>> this to just one shunt. I did not go through the slavish ritual of
>> applying the handbrake each time I came to rest and releasing it after
>> I'd selelected the opposite gear.
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> Does the driving test require that?
> When I took my test the requirement was to turn in the road using forward
> & reverse gears.
Well it was 1980 when I passed, so things have changed, but in my day
although the wording was "turn in the road using forward and reverse gears;
try not to touch the kerb", there was an unspoken but strict requirement
than the first movement had to be forwards rather than backwards (so my
initial reversing into the layby to reduce the number of shuttling movements
across the road would have been verboten) and that you had to apply the
handbrake between each change from forwards and reverse. And of course you
must not cross your hands or move either hand past the 12-o-clock position!
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