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Re: The few, the brave - those of us taking driving lessons right now!
« Reply #45 on: April 01, 2009, 03:44:14 PM »
Just got back from my last lesson.  I rocked the reverse around the corner today.  Feeling good about tomorrow's test.  Fingers crossed until about 12:30 tomorrow!

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« Reply #46 on: April 01, 2009, 03:50:05 PM »
I just booked my Theory Test for April 16th!

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Good for you Mrs R -- you will ace it!
Good luck, hugs, and don't worry, you'll do great.
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Edit: karin too -- best of luck to everyone; hang in there.
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Re: The few, the brave - those of us taking driving lessons right now!
« Reply #47 on: April 01, 2009, 06:11:03 PM »
Good luck Karin!
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Re: The few, the brave - those of us taking driving lessons right now!
« Reply #48 on: April 01, 2009, 11:55:39 PM »
Good luck to all of you about to take various parts of the test.   :)

Actually, it's not just the change in speed limit signs I have a problem with...they're usually straight forward.  It's other signs that are not always familiar.  I was able to identify them on the theory test but don't always notice or register their meaning in my consciousness whilst driving. [smiley=confused.gif]

Quite a few of the modern British signs are pretty illogical and inconsistent.  For example, the no left/right turn signs are clear enough, depicting the appropriate turn arrow crossed through (basically the same as the equivalent newer American signs).  But why do other prohibition signs for no bicycles, no motor vehicles, etc. show the symbols without a bar crossed through them?   It makes no sense.   When you get to things like the no parking and no stopping signs, you just have to know them.  There is no way you could even start to guess at what they mean without having some clue to begin with.

Modern British signage (both regulatory and directional) stems from the changes recommended by the Warboys report in the 1960s, which introduced a lot of graphical signs adapted from Continental Europe to replace our older signage, a far greater proportion of which spelled things out in plain English wording.  It's interesting to note that at one point they were considering adopting some American-style signs, so had the committee decisions gone a different route, we too could have ended up with some U.S.-influenced signs (if you've ever visited the Irish Republic, you'll know that they use yellow diamond warning signs instead of red-bordered triangles).



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Re: The few, the brave - those of us taking driving lessons right now!
« Reply #49 on: April 02, 2009, 12:27:50 AM »
But why do other prohibition signs for no bicycles, no motor vehicles, etc. show the symbols without a bar crossed through them?   It makes no sense. 

That one really threw me.

As a graphic designer/illustrator, I have spent years nursing a terrible burning hatred of Margaret Calvert, the Kiwi who did many of those graphical redesigns in the 1960s. She's still alive, but only because I haven't spotted her in public yet.

The slippery road sign is a work of such gross incompetence and visual illiteracy it moves me to breathless yawping rage. Every time. (Can you spot the problem?)

Of course there's one RIGHT at the end of my driveway!!!!




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Re: The few, the brave - those of us taking driving lessons right now!
« Reply #50 on: April 02, 2009, 10:24:14 AM »
The slippery road sign is a work of such gross incompetence and visual illiteracy it moves me to breathless yawping rage. Every time. (Can you spot the problem?)

Oh yes!   I've often wondered who has a car with wheels which can do that!    :D

At least the North American version doesn't make that mistake.

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Re: The few, the brave - those of us taking driving lessons right now!
« Reply #51 on: April 02, 2009, 12:58:29 PM »
Not to scare anyone, but I failed my first test.  Such a bummer, but I got a major fault at a roundabout for getting to close to another car.  I don't remember the situation at all, which sucks cause I feel like I can't learn from it.  The examiner said otherwise I did good.  More annoyed than anything.  Now I am just too far along in pregnancy and will just have to wait until baby is born.  Good luck to everyone else!


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Re: The few, the brave - those of us taking driving lessons right now!
« Reply #52 on: April 02, 2009, 01:02:56 PM »
Aww bugger Karin.  You'll get 'em next time!  :)
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Re: The few, the brave - those of us taking driving lessons right now!
« Reply #53 on: April 02, 2009, 01:10:06 PM »
Not to scare anyone, but I failed my first test.  Such a bummer, but I got a major fault at a roundabout for getting to close to another car.  I don't remember the situation at all, which sucks cause I feel like I can't learn from it.  The examiner said otherwise I did good.  More annoyed than anything.  Now I am just too far along in pregnancy and will just have to wait until baby is born.  Good luck to everyone else!

Awwww, that sucks. Sorry it didn't work out. It wouldn't be so bad if you could just do it over again in a few weeks, but I guess baby will keep you tied up for a while. Hope you get to try again soon!


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Re: The few, the brave - those of us taking driving lessons right now!
« Reply #54 on: April 02, 2009, 01:23:03 PM »
Not to scare anyone, but I failed my first test.  Such a bummer, but I got a major fault at a roundabout for getting to close to another car.  I don't remember the situation at all, which sucks cause I feel like I can't learn from it.  The examiner said otherwise I did good.  More annoyed than anything.  Now I am just too far along in pregnancy and will just have to wait until baby is born.  Good luck to everyone else!

Oh man I'm sorry to hear that Karin. That's the scary thing about the practical test, it only takes one moment for something to foul it up...

I know it will have to be a while now before you can go again, but, best wishes for next time.
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Re: The few, the brave - those of us taking driving lessons right now!
« Reply #55 on: April 02, 2009, 07:15:26 PM »
A light-hearted take on driving tests from the late Dick Emery:    :)


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Re: The few, the brave - those of us taking driving lessons right now!
« Reply #56 on: April 02, 2009, 10:13:23 PM »
Aw Karin, bad luck on the test. :( Better luck next time!

All the best to the rest of the the learner drivers too!
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Re: The few, the brave - those of us taking driving lessons right now!
« Reply #57 on: April 03, 2009, 05:04:50 PM »
Just want to add my condolences to the chorus, Karin.  Screw em, you'll ace it next time!!!  Best of luck with the approaching bairn.


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Re: The few, the brave - those of us taking driving lessons right now!
« Reply #58 on: April 04, 2009, 10:16:35 PM »
Not to scare anyone, but I failed my first test.  Such a bummer, but I got a major fault at a roundabout for getting to close to another car.  I don't remember the situation at all, which sucks cause I feel like I can't learn from it.  The examiner said otherwise I did good.  More annoyed than anything.  Now I am just too far along in pregnancy and will just have to wait until baby is born.  Good luck to everyone else!
Karin, hope you don't mind my asking you about your roundabout 'error.'  Did the examiner say you came in too close to the car approaching from the right when you entered the roundabout?  Or was it the car ahead of you already in the roundabout?  Hope that makes sense.  The reason I ask is that my instructor keeps pushing me to enter roundabouts when I think cars on the right are a bit too close.  I stop and wait for them and get yelled at for not going ahead.   If going into a roundabout too close to an approaching car on the right is possibly going to cost me a major error on my test, I want to clear this up with my instructor right away!

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Re: The few, the brave - those of us taking driving lessons right now!
« Reply #59 on: April 07, 2009, 02:55:18 PM »
I just got back from today's lesson, and according to my instructor, it was "a nice wee drive".  I'm starting to get the hang of the whole hand brake at stop light thing, but in my inante ability to do everything ass-backwards, I'm doing it in the wrong order ;D  It's supposed to be hand brake up, then car in neutral, and I kept doing the opposite.  And why, oh why do I have to live in a city divided by a river?  I hate driving on bridges in general, and one here in particular.
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