Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35631385)

Well that's the thing isn't it , i passed my test in 1983 and having just sat and passed my LGV test i was quite alarmed at what i didn't know .

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35631385)

Well that's the thing isn't it , i passed my test in 1983 and having just sat and passed my LGV test i was quite alarmed at what i didn't know .

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35631388)

isn't it terrible that with driving the more experience you have the worse you are at it -unlike every thing else in the universe where experience counts for something .

Originally Posted by Russ (Post 35631389)

Very true. The Highway Code covers many many different aspects of driving, some of which I'm sure even those driving for 50 or 60 years won't always have experience of so think of what they could be forgetting or losing the 'edge' for, Reaction times diminish as we get older too.

I have yet to see any compelling argument against re-tests for everyone with more frequent appraisals for those over a certain age. I'm pretty sure someone would try to accuse that of being 'ageism' but political correctness cannot change the way the human body (and mind) changes over time.

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No need to get defensive - I'm pretty sure you're aware that reaction times at 60 are not the same as at 18.

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35631388)

isn't it terrible that with driving the more experience you have the worse you are at it -unlike every thing else in the universe where experience counts for something .

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35631394)

Well nobodies said that but complacency will get you and that is where most older drivers fall down .I'll bet that a newly qualified will know a lot more about driving than you or me even though they will be lacking in practical experience

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35631395)

i see from your signature your 48 so you must be well on the way to being a crap driver .

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35631399)

i had to look that up and even now i still see older drivers using the fast lane towing trailers and caravans so unless they are deliberately breaking the law they don't know modern road laws either

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35631385)

Well that's the thing isn't it , i passed my test in 1983 and having just sat and passed my LGV test i was quite alarmed at what i didn't know .

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35631399)

like i said before i was surprised by what i did not know when i took my LGV test 2 weeks ago .I had no idea about the colour coding of cats eyes i had to look that up and even now i still see older drivers using the fast lane towing trailers and caravans so unless they are deliberately breaking the law they don't know modern road laws either

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35631430)

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have you heard of a thing called reading ?
there's a book known as the highway code its also available electronically
https://www.gov.uk/browse/driving/highway-code

i know only old people bother with the instruction manual but knowing its contents has never been optional.;)

any how im glad to hear that you now know what side of the motorway your on and what a slip road is .
do you display a sign on the rear of you vehicle warning others that you have only just learned how to drive ?
WARNING BE PATIENT IVE ONLY BEEN AT IT 2 WEEKS I DON'T KNOW IT ALL YET .

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bbbut martyh you were claiming to be the worlds best white van driver man /window fitter on earth ,how could you have got it so wrong :shocked:

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35631488)

What the hell is this about ,show me where i did that

Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 35631491)

He's seen you posting on the 'White Van Man' forum :)

talking of cats eyes. why don't they all work?
there's a road with them on and it lights up like a runway. but on another road they don't light up at all. they're just metal caps all along the road.

Originally Posted by Gary L (Post 35631491)

He's seen you posting on the 'White Van Man' forum :)

talking of cats eyes. why don't they all work?
there's a road with them on and it lights up like a runway. but on another road they don't light up at all. they're just metal caps all along the road.

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35631488)

Wow ,what a thoroughly obnoxious post .I have no idea why you are taking this thread so personally or why you have decided that personal attacks is the way to go but you really need to get over yourself ,i have a suspicion that you are one of those drivers who knows everything until they hit a tree



What the hell is this about ,show me where i did that

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35631502)

hows that sense of humor bypass working for you- i don't take advice from someone who only learned of the existence of the highway code 2 weeks ago,what did you do previously guess and hope for the best.