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Re: RoSPA Advanced Driving
« Reply #15 on: 16 October 2007, 22:06:08 »
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Do they test you on "pheasant avoidance" and "hedgehog awareness" or do you lose marks for being an animal in charge of a car?

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Oh, dear! That's me failed then. :'(


No broken glass, pair of rubber gloves and a powerwasher then a quick T-cut....  Think what it could have been!!   ;D   ;D  
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Re: RoSPA Advanced Driving
« Reply #16 on: 16 October 2007, 22:09:24 »
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Do they test you on "pheasant avoidance" and "hedgehog awareness" or do you lose marks for being an animal in charge of a car?

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Oh, dear! That's me failed then. :'(


No broken glass, pair of rubber gloves and a powerwasher then a quick T-cut....  Think what it could have been!!   ;D   ;D  

Prefer them slow roasted myself with a drop of wine - I find T-cut a little rich::)
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Re: RoSPA Advanced Driving
« Reply #17 on: 16 October 2007, 22:13:09 »
It was almost cooked upon removal, and plucked on one side, thanks to the brake disk.

It was him or me, unfortunately. 60MPH down a single track road and he just hopped out of the hedge a car length in front of me :o

I thought at the time that I didn't see him in the mirrors and maybe he'd jumped back in at the last minute. Imagine how popular I was when I rolled up at a nice hotel in Peebles 30 miles later with said stowaway and proceeded to shove it in a carrier bag and dump it in one of their bins.  ::)

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Re: RoSPA Advanced Driving
« Reply #18 on: 16 October 2007, 23:22:42 »
If you hadn't topped him, he could have been an asset:

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Re: RoSPA Advanced Driving
« Reply #19 on: 17 October 2007, 00:01:59 »
 :D good luck AA
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Re: RoSPA Advanced Driving
« Reply #20 on: 17 October 2007, 04:06:18 »
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Do they test you on "pheasant avoidance" and "hedgehog awareness" or do you lose marks for being an animal in charge of a car?

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Oh, dear! That's me failed then. :'(


 :D Reminds me of the time I had to de-rabbit a driveshaft on a car I serviced... I've never hit anything bigger than a rabbit, not for lack of trying (I won't tell you what I do and don't slow down for... children and cats are on one list, dogs are on the other... ;) )
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Re: RoSPA Advanced Driving
« Reply #21 on: 17 October 2007, 08:52:00 »
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Do they test you on "pheasant avoidance" and "hedgehog awareness" or do you lose marks for being an animal in charge of a car?

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Oh, dear! That's me failed then. :'(


 :D Reminds me of the time I had to de-rabbit a driveshaft on a car I serviced... I've never hit anything bigger than a rabbit, not for lack of trying (I won't tell you what I do and don't slow down for... children and cats are on one list, dogs are on the other... ;) )

Dogs can do a lot of damage, as can suicide birds.

I don't brake for chavs.

A few years ago a chav rode his chavcycle across the road, then since some cars were coming stopped to make them brake. Luckily for chav I was not the first car.

I would have braked gently and late to hit him at walking pace! ;D
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Re: RoSPA Advanced Driving
« Reply #22 on: 17 October 2007, 09:20:31 »
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If you hadn't topped him, he could have been an asset:

True. The one small flaw in the plan being I never did find his head, not that it would have been much use detached. I suspect it was above the top wishbone at impact, whereas his body was below it. At least it was quick.

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Reminds me of the time I had to de-rabbit a driveshaft on a car I serviced...

Ahh, entrails wrapped round the propshaft is another delicacy. Happened to a mate of mine. We're not sure what it was - probably a squirrel, but boy, what a mess after it had been flailing round in the transmission tunnel :o

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Re: RoSPA Advanced Driving
« Reply #23 on: 17 October 2007, 09:34:32 »
Congrats AA  :y


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and plucked on one side
I won't do the pheasant plucker joke  ::)
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Re: RoSPA Advanced Driving
« Reply #24 on: 17 October 2007, 10:01:19 »
Oh, and how did we get from RoSPA to Road Kill again?

To try and drift the thread back on course, I've often wondered about studying for some sort of advanced driving qualification (don't laugh, those who have sampled my driving).

I have absolutely no idea where to start. I know there are various organisations (IAM, ROSPA, High Performance Club, etc.) who offer this type of training. Could someone in the know perhaps give a run-down of the pro's and cons?

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Re: RoSPA Advanced Driving
« Reply #25 on: 17 October 2007, 14:57:55 »
RoSPA, you have to take a test every three years.

Log onto their web site, and you should be able to find your local group.

See here : - http://www.roada.org/groups/index.htm
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Re: RoSPA Advanced Driving
« Reply #26 on: 17 October 2007, 15:34:09 »
I can't recommend Rospa enough. I was lucky enough to get an ex traffic copper as my observer, great teacher, and a top bloke too. Now, bearing in mind I was 18 when I did it, it was a huge learning curve - but well worth it, the first time someone you've not driven before says "you're a damned good driver, very smooth"... :y
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Re: RoSPA Advanced Driving
« Reply #27 on: 17 October 2007, 18:29:50 »
Well done AA good luck :y don't be doing any of those funny impersonations now will you ::)

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Re: RoSPA Advanced Driving
« Reply #28 on: 17 October 2007, 20:19:08 »
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Well done AA good luck :y don't be doing any of those funny impersonations now will you ::)


I think Mark was heading for my car with his grubby hands ;D
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« Reply #29 on: 17 October 2007, 20:25:25 »
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Well done AA good luck :y don't be doing any of those funny impersonations now will you ::)


I think Mark was heading for my car with his grubby hands ;D

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