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Title: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: theolodian on 20 September 2007, 18:50:54
Well, kinda.  It was in one of the hazard perception videos.  Almost failed that part of the test!  :o  (scored 46 out of 75, passing is 44)

Got 50 out of 50 on the multiple choice, so not completely hopeless.  ::)

Don't have the hazard perception test in the US.  I think it is a really good idea, but didn't like doing it at all.  The multiple choice tests are a little harder in the US, or at least they were for me at the time.  I have taken several, you have to every time you move to another state since the laws change slightly.
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 20 September 2007, 18:55:04
Phew!! I got worried when I read the thread title - I thought maybe you'd been one of my road-rage victims for a minute  ::)  ;D

Seriously... I am joking!! :)
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: Martin_1962 on 20 September 2007, 19:09:59
Was it me ;D
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: VXL V6 on 20 September 2007, 19:11:28
Not me! Virtual or Real!
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Post by: TheBoy on 20 September 2007, 19:11:54
I own the roads, I can run anyone off them if I want  ;D
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: miggy on 20 September 2007, 19:24:37
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I own the roads, I can run anyone off them if I want  ;D


If you got the power ;D ;D
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: Dazzler on 20 September 2007, 20:40:53
Or a plough on the front ::) ;D
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: STMO123 on 20 September 2007, 21:44:52
Well done on the pass Theo :y

Now forget it all and drive like every other rather lunatic on the roads
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: theolodian on 20 September 2007, 22:21:11
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Well done on the pass Theo :y

Now forget it all and drive like every other rather lunatic on the roads
Cheers!
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: Bo Bo on 20 September 2007, 23:10:52
Well done mate  :y
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Post by: Baron Von Spongebob on 20 September 2007, 23:12:30
Well done     :y
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: theolodian on 20 September 2007, 23:14:15
Cheers guys, booked my practical for the 17th so it ain't over yet!
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: Baron Von Spongebob on 20 September 2007, 23:20:14
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Cheers guys, booked my practical for the 17th so it ain't over yet!

Good luck with the practical too.. :y
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: VXL V6 on 20 September 2007, 23:24:59
Good Luck  :y
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: Bo Bo on 20 September 2007, 23:29:00
I've seen you drive, it'll be a piece of......
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: Andy B on 20 September 2007, 23:35:39
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Cheers guys, booked my practical for the 17th so it ain't over yet!

Is a USA driver's licence not good enough for the UK then?
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Post by: hotel21 on 20 September 2007, 23:56:23
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Cheers guys, booked my practical for the 17th so it ain't over yet!

Is a USA driver's licence not good enough for the UK then?

Not if you've been here tooooo long.   ;)   ;D

Then its sit a UK test time...  
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 20 September 2007, 23:57:06
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Cheers guys, booked my practical for the 17th so it ain't over yet!

Is a USA driver's licence not good enough for the UK then?

Not if you've been here tooooo long.   ;)   ;D

Then its sit a UK test time...  

Which I think is a good idea...!
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: Danny on 21 September 2007, 00:11:53
is it 50 questions on the multiple choice now??

only 35 when i did it, and i scored 35, which is nice, and got 57 out of 75 on HP

they only teach you how to pass your test, not how to drive properly, which is why a high percentage have an accident within their first year

I was told that the majority of car accidents happen within 5 miles of home, so i moved house!
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: Bo Bo on 21 September 2007, 01:16:15
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I was told that the majority of car accidents happen within 5 miles of home
I rarely go more than 5 miles from home so very likely....
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Post by: MikeDundee on 21 September 2007, 06:17:27
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Cheers guys, booked my practical for the 17th so it ain't over yet!

Is a USA driver's licence not good enough for the UK then?

Not if you've been here tooooo long.   ;)   ;D

Then its sit a UK test time...  


Sounds like you've been here too long Theo ::)......time to move back to the U.S. :y......................Only joking and good luck with the rest of the test :y
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: Kevin Wood on 21 September 2007, 10:03:38
Crikey! This talk of hazard perception and multiple choice sounds scary. My test was a case of driving the tester around Farnborough for 40 minutes and if he hasn't soiled himself by then you've passed.

Well done, Theo, and all the best for the practical. Are you taking it in the Omega?

Kevin
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: theolodian on 21 September 2007, 18:01:10
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Crikey! This talk of hazard perception and multiple choice sounds scary. My test was a case of driving the tester around Farnborough for 40 minutes and if he hasn't soiled himself by then you've passed.

Well done, Theo, and all the best for the practical. Are you taking it in the Omega?

Kevin
Er, no!  Plan to beg/borrow/steal small car with a manual box.
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: Kevin Wood on 21 September 2007, 19:22:08
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Crikey! This talk of hazard perception and multiple choice sounds scary. My test was a case of driving the tester around Farnborough for 40 minutes and if he hasn't soiled himself by then you've passed.

Well done, Theo, and all the best for the practical. Are you taking it in the Omega?

Kevin
Er, no!  Plan to beg/borrow/steal small car with a manual box.

Ahh. Good thinking. A mate of mine did his test in an auto and ended up with an auto-only license  ;D

Kevin
Title: Re: Silver facelift tried to run me off the road!
Post by: amigov6 on 22 September 2007, 19:53:31
 :)Best of luck. When i took mine the hardest part was building the steam up! :y