Driving instructors with dodgy attitudes

[MontyVeda]

There's a good few videos on youtube of driving instructors behaving badly... it's almost as if the industry has no regulation, or standards.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

The instructor is doing what it says on the can. Instructing his student on the default way to treat other road users.

 

[further]

A colleague's son was told by his driving instructor that "you don't need indicators at roundabouts anymore"

is this true,if so it explains a lot.

 

[Drago]

My Dad was my instructor. He was a RoSPA gold ticket holder, Mr By-The-Book. If I did something wrong I'd get a smack round the back of the knuckles with a metal rule. By the end of a lesson my fingers were bloody tatters, but I passed first go with only one minor mark.

As for the OPs encounter, its unbelievable that people are so dense they gob off when with a company vehicle. OK, this guy is likely to be the boss so he won't be getting a rollicking, but it can't be good for business to get a reputation as a prat.

 

[Mugshot]

but I passed first go with only one minor mark.

On your knuckles?

 

[Cycleops]

My Dad was my instructor. He was a RoSPA gold ticket holder, My By-The-Book. If I did something wrong I'd get a smack round the back of the knuckles with a metal rule. By the end of a lesson my fingers were bloody tatters, but I passed first go with only one minor mark.

Things were different back then and I suspect easier.
I remember taking my motorcycle test. The examiner asked me to go on a circuit and he hid behind a parked car, jumping out unannounced for my emergency stop!

 

[Drago]

That's it! A friend of mine did the bike test the same time as me. He fell off out of sight of the examiner, remounted, and continued and still passed.

The car test was easier. Drive between two cows without hitting either. If you clipped one, don't even bother stopping, just carry on straight home.

 

[Profpointy]

A colleague's son was told by his driving instructor that "you don't need indicators at roundabouts anymore"

That's "advanced driving" isn't it? I believe they teach you to avoid using indicators; something to do with being a "thinking driver" or was it to avoid wasting the battery?

 

[Drago]

Its to avoid wearing the bulbs out

Indeed, its one of the drills in The System, if you've done your obs properly and there's no one to benefit then don't indicate. Most drivers do exactly the opposite and use the indicators as a substitute for looking.

 

[Drago]

I don't think the Army test was any more rigorous. IIRC military personnel could drive at 16 back then, but I could be wrong as I've no direct experience.

 

[KneesUp]

... If I did something wrong I'd get a smack round the back of the knuckles with a metal rule. By the end of a lesson my fingers were bloody tatters, but I passed first go with only one minor mark.

My driver instructor was a lovely middle-aged woman who - if anything - spent too much time chatting and not enough time teaching. I passed first time without any marks at all. I'm not sure what the moral of this story is, however

Re: driving instructors in general - at the end of the main road that leads to our road is a crossroads which is very close to another junction. I was waiting to turn left at the crossroads (second in the queue) when, after the first car had gone, a driving instructor appeared on my side of the road, driving towards me against a red light, having turned right out of the road I was going to turn left into. I went down his road to take it up with him as I couldn't quite believe it - one second I was putting in a CD at the traffic lights, and the next second someone was driving straight at me. He said that if you didn't take the junction like that you could never get into the side street. I suggested that wouldn't wash with an examiner, and if he found it an issue he could turn down the next street as it was further from the junction and joined up with the other road anyway. He just shrugged and walked off. I made a mental note not to employ him to teach LittleKnees.

 

[oldfatfool]

Book a lesson with him and drive like a loon

 

[Arjimlad]

is this true,if so it explains a lot.

Driving when on holiday in France became a lot less stressful when I realised that drivers only indicate when they are about to leave the roundabout. Anyone not indicating is staying on. Simples.

 

[Mrs M]

Driving instructor should have good road manners and teaching same to pupils, not hand signals

 

[oldfatfool]

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Sorry lost cause