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Jobsworth driver
On 24 Nov 2019 13:51:40 GMT
Marland wrote: Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote: wrote: On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 23:22:23 -0000 (UTC) Recliner wrote: NY wrote: "Charles Ellson" wrote in message ... On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 12:34:10 +0000 (UTC), wrote: It took me 4 days to learn to drive a bus - test on the 5th. And that involves having to actually steer the vehicle through narrow streets and around parked vehicles, not something train drivers have to worry about. So I reckon 2 or 3 days to learn to push a lever backwards and forwards and get a feel for braking under different loads (no different to an HGV) and a few more weeks for for learning signals, basic trouble shooting and some routes. A month tops. What sort of vehicles had you driven before then? Were you already used to driving anything larger than a standard Ford Cortina size of car? But that is nowhere near as extreme as driving a bus which is wider still and a lot longer. If you only had prior experience of driving a car, then I'm impressed that you passed a bus test on day 5. Neil also has an HGV licence — maybe he got that before driving the bus? I did. So you already had (a) experience of driving road vehicles (b) experience of driving large road vehicles. 5 days to learn that the front wheels are further back and that you have to look out for passengers? Boltar may be a natural at vehicle handling which not all people are so the physical driving was ticked off on the first day, the rest were spent learning what the ringing sound was as the bus approached a stop. You have to do bloody role play on the test - examiner pretends hes a passenger - ding ding etc - pull up gently to at the correct stopping point open/close doors, check Mrs Pensioner hasn't falled over in the aisle etc. And miss the stopping point and that IIRC is a serious fault which = fail. With a lorry test , as long as you can keep it on the road, don't clip the scenery and don't hit anyone you'll probably pass though with the Class 1 test you have to reverse with a trailer which isn't easy. God knows how the aussie drivers reverse a double or triple. |
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