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View Poll Results: Would you support regular retesting to keep your driving licence? | |||
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He was arguing against retesting, which is why it was a bad analogy. It's a great analogy if you're pro-retesting, which is why I used it myself several pages ago!
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Aye, must read more closely...
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NO because they already get enough of my cash
if it did ever come in, every 10 years would be better and then take another test at 60 and then every 5 years after that |
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I can't see any point in this whatsoever. When I learnt the drive a car I did everything right in my lessons then on the test got a bit nervous and forgot to engage the handbrake while putting the car into reverse on the 3 point turn and failed.
Since passing my test I have never engaged the handbrake when putting the car into reverse and I am still alive 13 years later. And I have never been involved in an accident after at least 200,000 miles of motoring. If I had an examiner with me every time I get in the car I would probably fail every time for things like crossing my hands on the wheel and other stupid stuff everyone does. If I had to pass a driving test today I probably could, would I drive like that the minute the examiner got out the car, doubt it.
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Exactly same as old bike test... you ever hear of someone horrifically injured after they put thier foot down on a U turn? Anyone actually done a U turn after their test? lol
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I'm occasionally guilty of U-turns - part of the fun of only ever having a rough idea of where you're going all the time, and its a handy skill to have in the locker. Of course, when it came to the test, it was a particular weak spot of my riding, so I've been trying to keep on top of it since.
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Anybody who's died as a result of poor slow control, raise your hand.
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I asked this question at work a while back, and the people who's driving was good enough said yes. Those who had a poor driving standard said no (some have trouble parking a car between two white lines). Even if you didn't have regular re-testing, there should at least be riding/driving assessments, if you fail an assessment, then you'd have to go in for another test. I would rather go through assesment and re-tests than be a bad rider. I also think there should be more than the current 'at 70, sign here if you think you're ok to drive' malarkey.
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